Asylum: Personal Names
Commons · Question 58406 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) record and (b) verify name changes made by asylum seekers (i) during and (ii) after the asylum application process.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 17 Jun 2025
All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...