Home Office ditches legacy asylum database, keeps the spreadsheets

The UK Home Office has decommissioned the 25-year-old Case Information Database (CID) for asylum cases but continues to rely on spreadsheets and disconnected systems, according to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report. The transition to the Atlas system has not resolved data fragmentation, with officials struggling to track cases, identify backlogs, or share information between the Home Office and HM Courts & Tribunals Service.