Written Question·Home Office·UIN 90045

Asylum: Vetting

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applications for asylum have been approved for people on the security services' watch list in the past 12 months.

Answer

Alex Norris
The first priority of government is protecting national security.All applications for UK immigration status, including asylum claims, are subject to comprehensive security checks. Where an individual is assessed as presenting a risk to our country, we tak...

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