Written Question·Home Office·UIN 79633

Manston Asylum Processing Centre

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of what the capacity of Manston will be following the completion of the Manston Transformation Programme.

Answer

Alex Norris

There are no plans to increase capacity, and this is being reduced as efficiencies have been made to the processing of arrivals and asylum case working.