Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12057
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who will be accommodated at Wethersfield in (a) 2024 and (b) each of the next five years.
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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