Home Office has doubled social worker numbers in its age assessment service over past year

The Home Office has more than doubled the number of social workers it employs in its asylum age assessment service in the past year, a minister has revealed.
Victims and safeguarding minister Laura Farris told the House of Commons last week that “42 expert social workers” were now employed by the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).
This is up from 16 as of April 2023, just after the board launched, when the Home Office was struggling to recruit social workers to the service.What is