Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12056
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 7 November 2024
Question
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
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 EagleThe 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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