Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much expenditure has been incurred by her Department in connection with proposals to use Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation, broken down by category of expenditure.

No decision has been made in respect of the use of MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation. Due diligence and assurance work for all proposed large sites including Bicester is still ongoing.

This includes assessing accurate costings. Once complete, business cases and approvals will be sought and details published in the normal way for all Government Major Programmes.