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Asylum backlog under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Asylum backlog: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k150k20102015202020252010: 7,240 people · published 27 August 20262011: 8,857 people · published 27 August 20262012: 12,816 people · published 27 August 20262013: 18,172 people · published 27 August 20262014: 22,898 people · published 27 August 20262015: 22,147 people · published 27 August 20262016: 27,857 people · published 27 August 20262017: 29,522 people · published 27 August 20262018: 35,855 people · published 27 August 20262019: 51,228 people · published 27 August 20262020: 64,895 people · published 27 August 20262021: 100,564 people · published 27 August 20262022: 160,919 people · published 27 August 20262023: 128,786 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 90,812 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 40,168 people · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present128,786202340,168Year ending June 2026↓ 68.8%−88,618
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202435,8552018128,7862023↑ 259.2%+92,931
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201927,857201635,8552018↑ 28.7%+7,998
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 201722,898201427,8572016↑ 21.7%+4,959
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.