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Written question asked by David Simmonds (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 September 2026. It was answered by Anna Turley (Labour) on Thursday, 17 September 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to HMT, Treasury Minutes, CP1668, August 2026, para 7.2 (page 9), if she will list each of the significant challenges that have prevented the Government from updating official estimates of failed asylum seekers in the UK.

Answer

Producing official estimates of the number of failed asylum seekers is dependent on completion of work to re-establish the assured statistical datasets required after the transition of asylum caseworking to the new Atlas system.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28439
Session
2026-27
Related items
Subjects
Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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