Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14460

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to maintain the cap on the number of asylum seekers at the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Occupancy at the Wethersfield site is currently capped at 580 as part of the Special Development Order. This means that during current operation of the site, the population will not exceed 580.Once the relevant Special Development Order conditions have be...
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