Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12056

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 7 November 2024

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to continue to use the Wethersfield site to provide accommodation for asylum seekers.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain. We have taken immediate action to restart asylum processing which will save an estimated £7 billion for the taxpayer over the next ten years, and are delivering a major uplift in return...

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