Asylum: Languages
(asked on 8th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration An inspection of the Home Office’s use of language services in the asylum process, published on 11 November.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office have assessed the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s (ICIBI) report that was conducted between May to November 2019.
The Department has accepted all three of the ICIBI’s recommendations and our formal response of 11 November 2020 has been published and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-an-inspection-of-the-home-offices-use-of-language-services-in-the-asylum-process