Written Question·Home Office·UIN 15305

Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

ConservativeWetherby and Easingwold

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a public consultation before a decision is made to use former RAF Linton-on-Ouse for asylum accommodation.

Answer

Alex Norris
No final decision has been made on whether to use Linton-on-Ouse as asylum accommodation. If the site is taken forward, the Home Office would engage regularly with local representatives and partners from the local authority, NHS, police forces and others ...

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