Question to the Home Office:

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).

No final decision has been made as to whether to use MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation.

The planning application seeks temporary planning permission for a phased development accommodating up to 1,256 people, together with the necessary welfare, security and site infrastructure.