Written questions

Asylum: Children

2026-06-21 · Home Office · HL1171 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish (1) the internal Home Office report on the performance of facial age-estimation technology, (2) an equality impact assessment, and (3) a Child Rights Impact Assessment, before facial age-estim

Answer

Responsibility for age assessment sits between the Home Office and local authorities. Local authorities are required to determine whether they have obligations towards an individual under the relevant children’s legislation and the Home Office needs to es...