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Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to close the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield site; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the decommissioning is within the timescale outlined in

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
14 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to close the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield site; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the decommissioning is within the timescale outlined in

  2. 14 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

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Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to retain existing restrictions on the number of asylum seekers housed at the former RAF Wethersfield site.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to inform (a) Parliament and (b) the local community prior to any changes to the agreed cap on the number of asylum seekers at the Wethersfield site.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to propose an extension to the commissioning date of the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry: Licensing

4 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars, published on 26 July 2025, whether she plans to amend the statutory guidance entitled Revi

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry: Alcoholic Drinks

4 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow all licensed pubs and restaurants to provide (a) off-sales and (b) take-away pints.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Members: Correspondence

20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 8 September 2025 on Wethersfield.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

X-rays: Asylum

21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal arrangements exist between (a) the Home Office, (b) the NHS and (c) Braintree Community Hospital for (i) scanning and (ii) x-rays of asylum seekers at Wethersfield Airbase.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Police: Finance

27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 71489 on Police: Finance, what the estimated cash value of council tax receipts for policing in England is in (a) 2026-27, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

30 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether strategic authorities will have a role in the (a) provision and (b) allocation of asylum accommodation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Security Trust: Finance

31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Record funding to protect Jewish communities, published on 16 October 2025, over what period is the up to £10 million of funding to be allocated; and throu

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Relations: Muslims

11 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled £10 million boost to protect Muslim communities, published on 23 October 2025, over how many financial years the funding will be allocated; and whether it

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Travellers: Caravan Sites

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78673 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, if he will publish his Department's engagements with the National Police Chief’s Council including (a) notes o