Asylum: Children
(asked on 11th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Home Office has questioned the reported age of an asylum-seeking minor in the last 12 months.
This question was answered on 24th October 2017
Statistics on age disputes are published on a quarterly basis as part of the Immigration Statistics release. They can be found on Asy 10 at:
The breakdown for year 2016 is as follows:
Year | Geographical region | Country of nationality | Age disputes raised | Age disputes resolved | Age disputes resolved: under 18 when | Age disputes resolved: 18+ when |
2016 | Total | Total | 928 | 945 | 370 | 575 |