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Immigration: Databases

Asked by James NaishLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 September 2026UIN 19503

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an internal review into the alleged misuse of the Home Office Atlas immigration database.

Answered by Home Office

The Home Office has a robust identity and access management policy that sets out how all staff should access Home Office systems, assets and data, specifically outlining how only appropriately authorised and ‘identified’ individuals should have the ability to gain entry via mechanisms such as password management, access control and account management.

We keep our security arrangements under constant review, which is why we have undertaken a programme of work to strengthen them further, with a number of additional measures being adopted to tighten controls.

It would be inappropriate to comment on the specific details of our security arrangements as to do so could undermine their effectiveness.

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