A question on #NationalAgeAssessmentBoard tabled by Natasha Irons on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Dame Angela Eagle.

Heading: National Age Assessment Board
Question ID: 1806976
UIN: 55587
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5119
Asking Member display name: Natasha Irons
Asking Member handle: NDIrons
Asking Member Twitter reference: @NDIrons
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the National Age Assessment Board.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2025-06-04
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 491
Answering Member display name: Dame Angela Eagle
Answering Member handle: angelaeagle
Answering Member Twitter reference: @angelaeagle
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Answer text: The introduction of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) in March 2023, a decision-making body comprising of social workers who can conduct Merton age assessments on behalf of local authorities, offers significant improvements to our processes for ass...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true