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Asylum: Standards

Asked by Mr Will ForsterLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 63265

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that asylum interviews are conducted (a) in full and (b) without unnecessary delay.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Asylum interviews are conducted in line with the published guidance available here: Conducting asylum interviews: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK.

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