Asylum Accommodation Centres (Hansard, 5 February 2002)

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment was made of the advantages and disadvantages of(a) rural and (b) urban sites for the proposed asylum accommodation centres. [31733]

§ Angela Eagle
No final decisions have been taken on the locations of any trial accommodation centres and an assessment of each potential site on its individual merits will be made in due course.

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact on local public services, with specific reference to(a) health and (b) police, of the construction of a new asylum accommodation centre. [31734]

§ Angela Eagle
In making final decisions on preferred sites, we will take all the relevant factors into account including those to which the hon. Member refers. These assessments have not yet been made.

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when work began on identifying the possible sites for the proposed asylum accommodation centres. [31729]

§ Angela Eagle
The Home Office began to identify possible sites for the trial centres following my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary's statement to the House on 29 October 2001.