Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16991
Asylum: Age Assurance
Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
Anneliese Dodds
Labour (Co-op) — Oxford East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Facial Age Estimation technology procured by the Home Office has been tested on people seeking asylum.
Answer
Alex NorrisAssessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
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