Question follow-through · 23494
Young Offenders: Bedford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on Bedford Borough Council of age assessments associated with the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on Bedford Borough Council of age assessments associated with the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Age assessment is a difficult area of work, with no single assessment technique, or combination of techniques, able to determine age with precision. Where an individual claims to be a child without any credible and clear documentary evidence of age, and w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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