Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use biometric data collection when processing asylum applications from Afghan nationals.

We use biometrics to fix and confirm the identities of foreign nationals who apply to come or extend their stay in the UK.

We check them against security and criminality databases which are available to the UK, to ensure multiple applications are not made using multiple identities, and to identify those who pose a threat to public safety, our national security, or are likely to breach our laws.