Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16993
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, how decision-makers will account for uncertainty when the estimated age as per Facial Age Estimation technology falls near the threshold between childhood and adulthood.
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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