Written questions

Asylum: Age Assurance

Lords · Question HL10788 · Tabled 6 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Hamwee

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 1 October 2025 (HL10624), who is engaged or to be engaged in testing and policy development relating to facial estimation technology for assessing the age of asylum s

Answer

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 20 Oct 2025

As part of the Government's commitment to improve the robustness of the age assessment process, the Home Office is currently exploring the use of Facial Age Estimation technology. Further testing and analysis of Facial Age Estimation technology has been c...