Written questions

Asylum: Vetting

Commons · Question 84099 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting processes are in place to prevent people with a history of violence or extremism from being granted asylum, in the context of recent developments in the Middle East.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 27 Oct 2025

All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to establish their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and se...