United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 16997
Asylum: Age Assurance
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8 July 2026
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15 July 2026 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
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15 July 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process will be available for a person seeking asylum to obtain, scrutinise, challenge or appeal a Facial Age Estimation result and any decision based on that result.
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8 July 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process will be available for a person seeking asylum to obtain, scrutinise, challenge or appeal a Facial Age Estimation result and any decision based on that result.
Source: Commons
15 July 2026
Answer
Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-08/16997
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1925438
- uk · wq-1925438 · source updated 15 July 2026