Accommodation Centres

Mr. Viggers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what Government policy was on abiding by the outcome of a public inquiry on accommodation centres on 5 November 2002; what the policy is now; and when and for what reason it changed. [131392]

Beverley Hughes
The Government's policy has not changed. We will abide by the planning process and the outcome of the public inquiry which is a part of it. The outcome of the public inquiry is my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister's decision.