14 In July 2003 as part of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review, the Home Secretary agreed with HM Treasury that £116 million would fund the first two accommodation centres, expected at the time to be Bicester and RAF Newton, even though taken together the forecast cost for the first four centres was around £135 million.14
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14 Recognising that the funding was insufficient to build two centres, the Home Office accepted that it would either need to find £19 million (£135 million less £116 million) additional funding to cover the shortfall on its estimated capital costs, consultants' fees and land acquisition costs, or that it would need to achieve cost savings.