Written Question·Home Office·UIN 121674

Asylum: Artificial intelligence

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using AI to process asylum applications.

Answer

Alex Norris
To date, Asylum & Human Rights Operations have piloted the use of two AI tools to assist with the process of deciding asylum claims. Evaluation of both AI tools has been published on GOV.UK.The Asylum Case Summarisation (ACS) tool uses artificial inte...

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