Asylum: Age Assurance
2026-07-07 · Home Office · 16995 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Facial Age Estimation results will be presented to caseworkers or other decision-makers, and what weight those results will carry in any age assessment, including in relation to: accommodation, sa
Answer
Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...