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
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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
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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
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