Question follow-through · 15497

Asylum: RAF Barnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, regarding her plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether she intends that all asylum seekers housed there will be male.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, regarding her plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether she intends that all asylum seekers housed there will be male.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    No final decision has been made on whether to use Barnham as asylum accommodation. If deemed suitable, the site would accommodate single adult males between the ages of 18 and 65 who have applied for asylum.Male asylum seekers (of all ages) constitute the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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