Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the criteria for determining which individuals seeking asylum will be subject to detention.

The Home Office has published guidance for determining who can be detained under immigration powers including those who are seeking asylum.

‘Detained Asylum Casework’ sets out for the criteria for our caseworkers to determine under which circumstances asylum claimants may be detained, and their claims routed for consideration and decision under the process. This is available at the link below:

detained-asylum-process-v5.0.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk).

‘Detention: general instructions’ sets out the criteria for making detention decisions and deciding whether to maintain detention. This is available at the link below:

Detention: general instructions (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).