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620998

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date	25/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials of her Department accept reports from dental consultants as evidence of age in cases where there is a dispute over the age of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	50229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Where clear and credible documentary evidence of age is not available, criteria including physical appearance and demeanour are used as part of the interview process to assess whether a person is under 18. This can be followed where necessary by a local authority assessment, in line with case law and approved by two social workers. In addition, the person may submit a report from a dental consultant on a voluntary basis. Records are not kept centrally on the number of reports from dental consultants submitted by asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50232 question first answered 08/11/2016 16:23:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

621001

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have submitted reports from dental consultants to support age claims in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	50232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Where clear and credible documentary evidence of age is not available, criteria including physical appearance and demeanour are used as part of the interview process to assess whether a person is under 18. This can be followed where necessary by a local authority assessment, in line with case law and approved by two social workers. In addition, the person may submit a report from a dental consultant on a voluntary basis. Records are not kept centrally on the number of reports from dental consultants submitted by asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50229 question first answered 08/11/2016 16:23:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

604897

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the refugees recently admitted to the UK from Calais as children will be subject to dental checks in order to verify their ages.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	49251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary's statement on Calais on 24 October (Column 55) referred to the proper safeguarding, age assessment and security checks we carry out, working closely with local authorities and social workers in the UK, to ensure that the children transferred here are eligible to come and it is in their best interests to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 49252 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:07:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

604898

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to verify the age of children who have been recently transported from Calais to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	49252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary's statement on Calais on 24 October (Column 55) referred to the proper safeguarding, age assessment and security checks we carry out, working closely with local authorities and social workers in the UK, to ensure that the children transferred here are eligible to come and it is in their best interests to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 49251 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:07:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies