Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16995

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 Facial Age Estimation results will be presented to caseworkers or other decision-makers, and what weight those results will carry in any age assessment, including in relation to: accommodation, sa

Answer

Alex Norris
Assessing 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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