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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 19 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who claim to be under the age of 18 have undergone independent testing to determine their age in each of the last three years.

Answer

We publish statistics on cases where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. The table below shows the number of cases in each of the last 3 years.

Asylum Claims by Year with a disputed age

Year of Claim

Totals

2012

337

2013

323

2014

318

Data is taken from published statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27500
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Children Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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