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Asylum: MOD Bicester

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.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
7 Sept 2026
Answer
7 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 7 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    No decision has been made in respect of the use of MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation. Due diligence and assurance work for all proposed large sites including Bicester is still ongoing. This includes assessing accurate costings. Once complete, busines...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MOD Bicester

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

MOD Bicester

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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MOD Bicester

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

MOD Bicester

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

MOD Bicester

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

MOD Bicester

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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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

Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre

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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the modelling used by her Department in assessing future demand for immigration detention places, including projected occupancy on the expansion of Campsfield and Haslar Immigratio

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MOD Bicester

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the proposed use of Site A at MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation; and what alternative options were considered as part of that asse

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: MOD Bicester

10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed use of Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation has been assessed against the principles of Managing Public Money, including value for money; and whether that assessment ha

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: MOD Bicester

10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date ministerial approval was given to pursue the use of Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.