Asylum: Shropshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use housing at the Stoke Heath housing estate to accommodate asylum seekers; and whether she will make a statement.
Answered by Alex Norris
The Home Secretary directly intervened to stop migrants being moved into the Stoke Heath development in Shropshire and no asylum seekers remain on site.
The Home Secretary has introduced a robust process which means that under the enhanced assurance and governance framework, newbuild sites such as the Stoke Heath development would not meet the criteria for use to house asylum seekers.
Decisions on locations are made following a robust consultation process which takes into account access to services, availability of GPs and dentists as well as education, healthcare and other local services before the Home Office commits to any accommodation.
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