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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-10more like thismore than 2019-06-10
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Translation Services 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 criteria his Department uses when assessing asylum applications in cases where a substantive interview with an applicant has not been able to take place due to the unavailability of a translator for that interview. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow South West more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Stephens more like this
uin 262414 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-06-13more like thismore than 2019-06-13
answer text <p>Where a translator is unavailable to carry out a substantive asylum interview, the Home Office will look to rebook the interview when a translator for the preferred language is next available.</p><p>On the rare occasion where we are unable to source a translator to carry out the substantive asylum interview, we would seek to use a detailed witness statement provided by the applicant, to decide the asylum claim.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to explore and act upon potential interpreter recruitment avenues, both regionally and nationally, for all languages. Alongside the ongoing recruitment campaign, we will continue to work with stakeholders in assessing demand and have in place contingencies to ensure the available national resource is utilised as effectively as possible.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-06-13T11:39:43.497Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-13T11:39:43.497Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4463
label Biography information for Chris Stephens more like this