Question follow-through · 17126
RAF Barnham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the total cost of returning MoD Barnham to its previous condition following the conclusion of its use as asylum accommodation; and which department will cover that cost.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the total cost of returning MoD Barnham to its previous condition following the conclusion of its use as asylum accommodation; and which department will cover that cost.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is considering whether to sue MoD Barnham for asylum accommodation. No final decision has been taken.If the site is taken forward, any activity provision, including where it would be delivered, would be considered as part of the operating m...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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