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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-01-16more like thismore than 2023-01-16
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: Young People 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, what assessment she has made of the (a) number and (b) quality of age assessments carried out by social workers following visual assessments by her Department's officials for the purposes of immigration and asylum; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent oversight body to conduct or commission analysis on age assessments. more like this
tabling member constituency Lanark and Hamilton East remove filter
tabling member printed
Angela Crawley more like this
uin 123992 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-01-24more like thismore than 2023-01-24
answer text <p>If an assessment is conducted by a local authority the Home Office considers the assessment alongside other relevant evidence before a final decision is made for immigration purposes – this includes checking whether the assessment was conducted in compliance with caselaw. Decisions on age for immigration purposes fall within the remit of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration which monitors and reports on the effectiveness of the Home Office’s immigration and asylum functions.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of age disputes and outcomes in table Asy_D05 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets%23age-disputes&amp;data=05%7C01%7CZoe.Grimes%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C81b3be0c39fb47627e8d08daf96d85c3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638096546027799098%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ROj2ZANzSdA5Nc1sNyAH%2BIUr6lBkZ%2BQ1GmKtKsgJ%2FgA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data covers up to November 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CZoe.Grimes%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C81b3be0c39fb47627e8d08daf96d85c3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638096546027799098%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FufFzsLY5z%2F51dUnurLxG1R0QXUDhGtSZ2J8%2B63rwgo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’. The statistics do not currently distinguish between those who have been assessed to be significantly over 18 and others who have been age disputed but referred directly to a local authority for further assessment.</p>
answering member constituency Newark remove filter
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-01-24T18:09:14.113Zmore like thismore than 2023-01-24T18:09:14.113Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Angela Crawley more like this