| Heading: |
Asylum: Children |
| Question ID: |
1809295 |
| UIN: |
57363 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4764 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) the age of refugee children is accurately assessed at the port of entry and (b) they are not inappropriately placed in adult (i) accommodation an |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
491 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Angela Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
angelaeagle
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@angelaeagle
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
It is Home Office policy that an individual claiming to be a child will only be treated as an adult, if two Home Office members of staff independently determine that the individual's physical appearance and demeanour very strongly suggests they are signif... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |