Written question asked by Sarah Pochin (Reform UK) on Tuesday, 3 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2025. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Asylum: Vetting
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken Watchlist and Information Control Unit checks on all asylum applications in the last 10 years.
- Answer
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When an individual claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity, criminality and security checks. Biographic and biometric data are routinely checked against relevant Home Office systems and police criminality databases including domestic and international data.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 57126
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Asylum Applications Vetting
- Link
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- 2025-09-05 22:57:21 +0100
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