Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the proposed use of Site A at MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation; and what alternative options were considered as part of that assessment.

No final decision has been made as to whether to use MOD Bicester for asylum accommodation.

All large sites used for asylum accommodation are part of the Asylum Accommodation Programme which is part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) and, as such are required to publish Accounting Officer Advice summaries on Gov.UK, with the most recent having been published in November 2025.

We have improved our understanding of project costings by referencing actuals from previous sites such as Wethersfield, enabling more accurate budgeting and financial planning.

We are confident that the level of due diligence carried out on sites has improved, and that value for money assessments take place at the appropriate stage.

Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites are made on a site-by-site basis.