Written Question·Home Office·UIN 46850

Asylum: Applications

Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Gareth Bacon

ConservativeOrpington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether asylum (a) claimants and (b) applicants have previously successfully claimed asylum in an EU member state.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
A proper account of a claimant’s immigration history is taken as part of the screening process, and during the substantive asylum interview where necessary, to fully understand the chronology and detail of how the person came to the UK, including the circ...

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