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Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to shut down the asylum reception centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
25 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to shut down the asylum reception centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Any decisions on the future use of Wethersfield will be made in due course and announced in the normal way.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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