Question follow-through · 28266
MOD Bicester
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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 6 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 Sept 2026
Question tabled
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.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
No final decision has been made as to whether to use MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation.Suitability assessments are ongoing and will consider a range of factors including safety, security, operational deliverability, planning requirement and the impact...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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MOD Bicester
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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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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
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
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.