Young Offenders: Bedford
Commons · Question 23494 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on Bedford Borough Council of age assessments associated with the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer
Answered by Jo White, 8 Sep 2026
Age assessment is a difficult area of work, with no single assessment technique, or combination of techniques, able to determine age with precision. Where an individual claims to be a child without any credible and clear documentary evidence of age, and w...