Scientific Advisers: Recruitment

(asked on 7th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recruitment process will be for membership of the Scientific Advisory board for age assessments.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 18th January 2022

The National Age Assessment Board will predominantly consist of qualified social workers who, through being dedicated to the task of conducting age assessments and the sharing of expertise, will seek to achieve a consistent and accurate approach to the task of age assessment.

The board will have responsibility for conducting age assessments on age disputed persons, upon referral from a local authority, although local authorities will still retain the right to conduct age assessments themselves if they prefer to do so.

Recruitment plans for the Board are still in development and will be in line with Civil Service recruitment policy and processes. The development of the recruitment plans will include engagement with relevant partners. There is no intention to publish the names of members of staff of the NAAB.

A gov.uk webpage is being created for the Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Council and will contain a list of committee members.

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