Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in the Budget that £150 million capital investment in 2027-28 will be used fund additional large sites to accommodate illegal migrants, how much of this funding will be used for RAF Barnham.

No final decision has been made on whether to use MoD Barnham for asylum accommodation.

Due diligence and assurance work on proposed large sites, including Barnham, remains ongoing. This includes developing detailed cost estimates. The allocation of funding to individual sites has therefore not yet been finalised. Business cases and the relevant approvals will be sought in the normal way.