{"value":{"id":1908125,"askingMemberId":5322,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"3568","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost is of reviewing refugee status for every refugee every two and a half years for 20 years.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4641,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We are committed to ensuring our policies are sustainable and do not place unnecessary burdens on the taxpayer, and this policy is no different.</p><p>We do not want people to remain on Core Protection for the long term, and only those who do remain on Core Protection will have their protection needs regularly reviewed. We will encourage refugees to switch out of the Core Protection route wherever possible into a new, bespoke work and study route to access family reunion and settlement rights with new fees and conditions in accordance with the rules of that route. Reviews will be efficient and targeted; we will reassess where country conditions or personal circumstances have changed significantly.</p><p>To do this we will build on the efficiencies that have already seen record levels of initial decisions being made, including use of AI, such as our policy search tool or case summarisation which are already assisting asylum decision makers.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Asylum: Costs","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908125","method":"GET"}]}