Question follow-through · 14600

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether residents of asylum accommodation on Ministry of Defence sites are subject to any formal curfew or restrictions on hours of entry and exit.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
2 Jul 2026
Answer
9 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether residents of asylum accommodation on Ministry of Defence sites are subject to any formal curfew or restrictions on hours of entry and exit.

  2. 2 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    In accordance with current legislation, people with a valid pending claim for asylum are permitted to remain in the UK while their claim is being processed, and as they have permission to remain in the UK during that time, they cannot be routinely detaine...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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