Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14478
Asylum: RAF Barnham
Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the proposals to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether any asylum seekers convicted or charged with sexual offences will be housed there.
Answer
Alex NorrisMandatory security checks are conducted on all people seeking asylum through linking their biometric data to immigration, security, and criminality databases. This includes criminality checks for, amongst other things, convictions, pending prosecutions, w...
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