HC Deb 01 July 2003 vol 408 c245W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress made in securing planning permission for each of the planned asylum accommodation centres. [121958]

Beverley Hughes

Planning inquiries for the sites identified at DSDC Bicester and the former RAF Newton concluded on 3 March and 2 May 2003 respectively. We await decisions on these sites from my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister (John Prescott).