Oakington

HC Deb 15 January 2003 vol 397 cc655-6W

Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the weekly cost of providing the facilities at the Immigration Reception Centre, Oakington. [89797]

Beverley Hughes

The estimated weekly cost of providing the facilities at Oakington in 2001–02, the last full year for which information was available, was £288,000. The comparable (provisional) figure for the first six months of 2002–03 was £294,000.

Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the unit cost is of processing asylum applications at the Immigration Reception Centre, Oakington, Cambridgeshire. [89799]

Beverley Hughes

The unit cost of processing a principal asylum application at Oakington reception centre in 2001–02, the last full year for which figures are available, was £1,515. The comparable provisional figure for the first six months of 2002–03 was an estimated £1,247.