Written Question·Home Office·UIN 86162

Asylum: Applications

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to staff who (a) examine and (b) process asylum claims on the implementation of background checks.

Answer

Alex Norris
Asylum caseworkers receive extensive training and mentoring for the role. All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to establish their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and crim...

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