PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum: Catterick Garrison (1 September 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made recent progress on temporarily housing asylum seekers at Catterick Garrison; and what recent estimate she has made of when that site will begin receiving asylum seekers.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

The Home Office is considering a range of options to deliver accommodation requirements as part of the implementation of the Illegal Migration Act. Work is ongoing to bring forward accommodation at Catterick garrison as part of wider efforts to relieve pressure on the asylum system.

Answered by:
Robert Jenrick (Conservative)
18 September 2023