HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 cc56-7W
Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the eight sites under consideration for the proposed asylum accommodation centres; and in which parliamentary constituencies they are located. [31731]

Angela Eagle: They are as follows:

  • Qinetiq (formerly Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA)) Pershore, Worcestershire (Mid Worcestershire).
  • Royal Air Force (RAF) Hemswell, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (Gainsborough).
  • Sully Hospital, Barry, South Glamorgan (Vale of Glamorgan).
  • Hooton Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (Ellesmere Port and Neston).
  • Land vacated by Ministry of Defence (MOD) Logistics, Bicester, Oxfordshire (Banbury).
  • Air West Edinburgh (formerly RAF Turnhouse), Edinburgh (Edinburgh West).
  • RAF Newton, West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire (Rushcliffe).
  • National Energy Site Killinghome, near Grimsby, North Lincolnshire (Cleethorpes).

We also expect to identify any further sites which are available through the procurement competition which we will be launching shortly.