Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase occupancy of Wethersfield asylum accommodation so that it is capped at 800 once the conditions of the special development order have been discharged.

Occupancy at the Wethersfield site is currently capped at 580 as part of the Special Development Order. This means that during current operation of the site, the population will not exceed 580.

Once the relevant Special Development Order conditions have been discharged, regular occupancy will be capped at 800. Any increase in occupancy will take place in a carefully managed way.