Question follow-through · 89503

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how local residents will be formally consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether to use Crowborough Training Camp to accommodate asylum seekers.

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Home Office
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how local residents will be formally consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether to use Crowborough Training Camp to accommodate asylum seekers.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    It remains our intention to use Crowborough Training Camp to accommodateasylum seekers, subject to the outcome of feasibility assessments. We areconfident that the level of due diligence carried out on alternativeaccommodation sites has improved, and we e...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors her Department has had regard to in making its assessment as to the suitability of the Crowborough Training Camp site to accommodate asylum seekers.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances she has received from statutory service providers that they could meet the needs arising from the use of the Crowborough Training Camp site to accommodate asylum seekers.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all assessments made by her Department on the adequacy of the Crowborough Training Camp site for accommodating asylum seekers.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for the use of the Crowborough Training Camp site to accommodate asylum seekers.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

11 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the minutes of meetings between her Department and Wealden District Council on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp to accommodate asylum seekers.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

11 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when asylum seekers are expected to be accommodated at the Crowborough Training Camp.

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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

11 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any legal notices, pre-action correspondence and letters before action from Wealden District Council on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp.

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Asylum: Cameron Barracks

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal process has been followed regarding the change of use of the Cameron Barracks.

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Asylum: Cameron Barracks

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the welfare of military families living in accommodation next to the Cameron Barracks, in light of the site now being used as asylum accommodati

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Asylum: Cameron Barracks

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to engage with local communities in Inverness, in light of the decision to use the Cameron barracks as asylum accommodation.

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Asylum: Cameron Barracks

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers at the Cameron barracks will have access to publicly-funded therapists.

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Asylum: Cameron Barracks

23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing recreational activities and health services to asylum seekers at the Cameron barracks.