Question follow-through · 18514

Asylum: MOD Bicester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at MoD Bicester on access to and use of nearby community facilities, including those used by

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 16 Jul 2026
Answer: 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at MoD Bicester on access to and use of nearby community facilities, including those used by
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
No decision has been made in respect of the use of MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation. Suitability assessments are ongoing and will consider a range of factors including safety, security, operational deliverability, planning requirements, and the impac...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Asylum: MOD Bicester

1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much expenditure has been incurred by her Department in connection with proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation, broken down by category of expenditure.

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1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts have been awarded in connection with proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.

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2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department's Accounting Officer has reviewed proposals for Site A at MoD Bicester against the principles of Managing Public Money.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to confirm the maximum number of service users that her department proposes will be accommodated at MOD Bicester (A-site).

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has reviewed whether the proposed use of Site A at MoD Bicester continues to meet the criteria for an Urgent Crown Development following the submission of the application on 2 September 20

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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current expected date is for Site A at MoD Bicester to become operational as asylum accommodation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to withdrawing the Urgent Crown Development application for Site A at MoD Bicester and pursuing the proposal through the Crown Development procedure instead

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procurement activity has been undertaken in relation to the potential operation of asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons from the operation of existing large asylum accommodation sites have been applied to the assessment of proposals for the use of Site A at MoD Bicester.

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Asylum: MOD Bicester

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what business cases or other internal approvals are required before a final decision can be made on proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation; and whether any such approvals hav

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to publish the assessment on which her Department based it's statement with regards to the expansion of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre that the investment will deliver "value for money for the

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