Asylum: RAF Barnham
Commons · Question 14478 · Tabled 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the proposals to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether any asylum seekers convicted or charged with sexual offences will be housed there.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 9 Jul 2026
Mandatory security checks are conducted on all people seeking asylum through linking their biometric data to immigration, security, and criminality databases. This includes criminality checks for, amongst other things, convictions, pending prosecutions, w...