Written Question·Home Office·UIN 64737
Asylum: Criminal Records
Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claiming asylum had a criminal record before entering the UK in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAll asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. For further information regarding security checks during the...
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