Written Question·Home Office·UIN 113281

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 24 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether planning permission for the use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum accommodation provides for occupation for a minimum period of (a) 12 and (b) 18 months.

Answer

Alex Norris

This is a temporary arrangement; we intend to return the site to MoD at which point it would cease to be used as asylum accommodation.Making use of existing basic accommodation on MoD sites such as the Crowborough site is just the first step in the govern...

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