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Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, since the morning of Thursday 22nd January, how many asylum seekers have been moved into the accommodation in Crowborough; and how many asylum seekers since the aforementioned date have absconded from

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, since the morning of Thursday 22nd January, how many asylum seekers have been moved into the accommodation in Crowborough; and how many asylum seekers since the aforementioned date have absconded from

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The first 27 migrants moved onto the site on 22nd January, and occupancy will be scaled up with total capacity over 500. Initial intakes will be low in numbers and gradual, taking a phased and incremental approach to full occupancy.Asylum seekers at the s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Asylum: Hotels

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been moved from the Copthorne Hotel since 22 January 2026; and how many asylum seekers are still located at the site.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Hotels

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been (a) moved from the Copthorne Hotel since 22 January and (b) are still located at the site.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Hotels

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick are (a) single males and (b) family groups for which the latest data is available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Hotels

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have absconded from the Copthorne Hotel Gatwick Airport to date.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Hotels

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will the Copthorne Hotel Gatwick Airport cease to provide asylum accommodation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Crowborough Training Camp: Wealden District Council

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has facilitated visits to the Crowborough Training Camp for Councillor Rachel Millward and Councillor James Partridge, the Leaders of Wealden District Council; and on what date

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Crowborough Training Camp: Domestic Visits

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Ministers from her Department have visited the Crowborough Training Camp since October 2025.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings have her (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants attended relating to the Crowborough Training Camp and the accommodation of asylum seekers that were facilitated by the leadership of We

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any written representations or invitations to meet from Councillor Ian Tysh (Maresfield, Planning and Environment Portfolio) of Wealden District Council relating to

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any written representations or invitations to meet from Councillor Gareth Owen-Williams (Crowborough Jarvis Brook) of Wealden District Council relating to the accom

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Smuggling: Departmental Coordination

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on creating a cross-departmental taskforce on tackling illicit trade involving i) his Department, (ii) HMRC, (iii) the Home Office and (iv) the Ministry of Housing, Communit

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Wealden District Council: Asylum

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount she is planning to pay Wealden District Council under the Funding Instruction for Local Authorities: Asylum grant by 30th June 2026.