Written questions

Asylum: Interviews

Commons · Question 61438 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that questions asked during asylum interviews are (a) appropriate, (b) relevant and (c) not misapplied from other (i) religious and (ii) cultural contexts.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 26 Jun 2025

All asylum claims made in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits, and the guidance provided to decision makers when undertaking interviews is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conducting-the-asylum-intervi...