Short-term Holding Facilities: Military Bases

(asked on 14th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Defence on the use of surplus military infrastructure for temporary detention and processing.


Answered by
Alex Norris Portrait
Alex Norris
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 27th October 2025

As part of our commitment to close all asylum hotels, we are looking at a range of more appropriate sites including disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites so we can reduce the impact on communities.

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