Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when country guidance was last reviewed for each country from which there are asylum claims since 2010.

Specific guidance is not produced on every country from which there are asylum claims. It is only produced in respect of the countries which attract most applications. Guidance is provided where necessary on a case by case basis in
respect of the other countries.

To streamline the process for the provision of country information and policy guidance, the existing country of origin information reports and operational guidance notes are being phased out and replaced by separate thematic documents providing both country information and guidance on the most common categories of claim from the countries which attract the most applications.

The dates when the most recent guidance was issued for each of the countries concerned is set out in the table below. Copies of the guidance are all available on the government website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-information-and-guidance