Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per person per night was at (a) Wethersfield and (b) Crowborough in 2025/26, including policing costs met by her Department.

The previous Minister for Border Security and Asylum quoted £135 per person per night for Wethersfield at the Home Affairs Committee on 9 June 2026. The latest projection for use of Crowborough for 12 months is £138 per person per night. The latest estimate for Crowborough is £121 per person per night should occupation be extended to January 2030.

The Home Office provides financial support for additional local policing costs associated with large asylum accommodation sites, in line with its policy on Large Sites Funding. Details of funding provided in 2025/26 will be published on GOV.UK.