Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers character statements submitted alongside asylum claim questionnaires.

Detailed Home Office policy guidance provides a framework for considering asylum claims and all caseworkers receive the necessary training and mentoring support before making such decisions. Each case is considered on its individual merits. Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/considering-asylum-claims-and-assessing-credibility-instruction.