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...