Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has reviewed the reasons for Sudanese children forming the largest group of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in 2024-25.

Asylum claims from unaccompanied Sudanese children fell in the year ending March 2025, but they were the largest group of UASC in that period due to a decrease in asylum claims from the previous top UASC nationality of Afghanistan.

The Home Office keeps all trends in asylum claims under review, including those from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).