Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14328
Asylum: Bibby Stockholm and MOD Wethersfield
Tabled: 14 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she used to close the Bibby Stockholm; and whether she will apply those criteria to the Asylum Reception Centre at former RAF Wethersfield.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleWe are determined to reduce asylum accommodation costs, which reached record levels under the previous government, and decisions on individual sites are made on a case by case basis with that objective in mind will save an estimated £7 billion for the tax...
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