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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-02-19more like thismore than 2016-02-19
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Fraud more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were suspected of making fraudulent claims to be under the age of 18 in the last 12 months. more like this
tabling member constituency Monmouth remove filter
tabling member printed
David T. C. Davies more like this
uin 27499 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-25more like thismore than 2016-02-25
answer text <p>We publish statistics where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. In the twelve months to September 2015 there were 590 such cases. Data is taken from published statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p><p>The results of these assessments and the Home Office’s eventual finding as to age are recorded on the immigration casework database but this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-25T15:52:19.953Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-25T15:52:19.953Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
1545
label Biography information for David T C Davies more like this