Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191112 on Asylum: MOD Wethersfield, when she plans to announce the planning process which will be followed for the MOD Wethersfield site for asylum accommodation.
The Home Office currently has planning permission for Wethersfield under Class Q Permitted Development rights which is valid for 12 months. If a decision is made to seek planning permission for use of the site as asylum accommodation beyond this period, it will be communicated in due course.