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Asylum: Interviews

Asked by Mary GlindonLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45613

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of substantive asylum interview appointments that were cancelled due to an inability to secure a translator in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The number of substantive interviews completed per month is published in tab ASY_05(M) of the Immigration and Protection dataset: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q4-2024.

The requested information on cancelled appointments could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.

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