Question follow-through · 91421

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with, consulted or received submissions from the Ashdown Forest Conservators on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum seeker accommodation.

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Home Office
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with, consulted or received submissions from the Ashdown Forest Conservators on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum seeker accommodation.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Discussions are underway to use the Crowborough site for asylum accommodation. Consideration of this site is ongoing and any final decision to utilise any site for the intended purposes will be made once the relevant factors have been properly considered....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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