Asylum: Personal Names
Commons · Question 58408 · 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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of name changes by asylum seekers on (a) national security, (b) immigration enforcement and (c) criminal justice proceedings.
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...