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Asylum: Military Bases

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2025UIN 76638

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether barracks sites used to house people seeking asylum will be run by private contractors.

Answered by Alex Norris

We have committed to close all asylum hotels and to achieve this, we will look at a range of more appropriate sites like disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites so that we can reduce the impact on communities.

We are working closely with local authorities, property partners and across-government so that we can accelerate delivery and more detail will be set out in due course. This will include available routes to market for Onsite Support Services.

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