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<p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of age dispute cases that have
arisen in adult prisons and is unable to confirm the statistics referenced in the
Guardian article, which are derived from local authority responses to an FOI request.
Our published data on age assessment can be accessed here. Asylum and resettlement
datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Furthermore, the Home Office published data on
age disputes aggregates the age disputes resolved by including the outcomes of initial
age decisions by the Home Office taken at the point of first contact, comprehensive
Merton compliant age assessments conducted by social workers and any subsequent legal
challenge into one category.</p>
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