Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the Security Management Plan prepared in relation to the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester, and if not, what information about the proposed security arrangements will be made publicly available.

Detailed security plans are not routinely published where disclosure could undermine the effectiveness of the arrangements or create riks to the site, staff, local communities or those accommodated there.

The safety and security of the local community, the staff who work there and those accommodated on the site will be of the utmost importance. There will be a specialist and experienced provider of security services permanently on site 24/7, as well as security systems including CCTV monitoring and recording, if the site is taken forward.

The Home Office would continue working closely with the police, local authorities and other partners to ensure that accommodation sites are successfully managed and the impact upon the local community is minimised.

Appropriate information about the security arrangements would continue to be made publicly available through the MOD Bicester factsheet, planning material and stakeholder engagement.