Source · National Audit Office
Home Office: The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre
Published: 8 Nov 2007
Type: Value for Money
The Home Office spent some £28 million on plans to create a purpose-built asylum centre in Bicester, Oxfordshire, following its announcement in 2001 of a major overhaul of the asylum system to speed up the processing of applications from asylum-seekers. In 2005, in the light of improvements to the handling of asylum applications, reduced numbers […]