Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 2
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Collect and publish disaggregated data on asylum claims, decisions, and outcomes by protected characteristics.
Recommendation
It is not currently possible from published official data to monitor outcomes in the asylum process for groups of people with vulnerabilities arising from Equality Act protected characteristics. Experimental statistics on sexual orientation-based claims are a good start and we welcome the Home Office’s intention to increase its collection of data on protected characteristics and UN Convention protection grounds. Data collection and transparency is the vital first step needed to ensure that inequalities in the process can be identified and addressed. We recommend the Home Office collect and publish data in relation to claims, initial decisions, appeals and final outcomes disaggregated by: UN Convention ground; whether the claim included sexual and gender-based violence and other abuse; and the protected characteristics of claimants. (Paragraph 40) Asylum decision-making
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 19 September 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗