Question follow-through · 25899
Inland Border Facilities: Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were any financial implications to the Exchequer of the sale of the White Cliffs Business Park that hosts the Bastion Point Inland Border Facility site on 4 September 202
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were any financial implications to the Exchequer of the sale of the White Cliffs Business Park that hosts the Bastion Point Inland Border Facility site on 4 September 202
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jan 2025
Answer published
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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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