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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-06-21more like thismore than 2023-06-21
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Children more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants who made applications while under the age of 18 have had their substantive interviews cancelled due to turning 18 years of age and being classified as an adult in each of the last three years. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne Central more like this
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Chi Onwurah remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-06-29more like thismore than 2023-06-29
answer text <p><em>The Home Office takes our duty of care towards children and young people extremely seriously and we prioritise applications from children and young people.</em></p><p><em>If the child’s 18th birthday passes before a substantive asylum interview has been conducted, they are legally an adult. However, staff must follow best practice on children’s cases. The child is interviewed by a decision maker who has completed the appropriate training for handling children’s asylum claims and be given an opportunity to discuss the statement of evidence form (SEF) as it may refer to issues that are child specific.</em></p><p><em>The decision maker is trained in handling children’s cases. The Home Office would not therefore cancel interviews based on a child turning 18. </em></p><p><em>Where the applicant has since admitted to being an adult, or evidence confirms the applicant as an adult, at the point of claiming asylum, the application is assessed as an adult claim. </em></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/947900/sect-67-of-the-immigration-act-2016-leave-v3.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 asylum casework guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p>
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-06-29T11:02:07.68Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-29T11:02:07.68Z
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Chi Onwurah more like this