David T. C. Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 have been charged with a criminal offence in the last year; and what proportion of such asylum seekers were subsequently found to have fraudulently claimed to be under the age of 18.

James Brokenshire

The Home Office does not maintain a central record of the requested information and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.