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Initial decisions on asylum claims during the Labour 2024– government

2023Year ending June 2026 · 4 periods

26.6%+24,316 people

Initial decisions on asylum claims rose by 26.6% over the period, from 91,556 people (2023, the level when the government took office) to 115,872 (Year ending June 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2023: 91,556
  2. Latest Year ending June 2026: 115,872
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Initial decisions on asylum claims: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k20102015202020252010: 26,452 people · published 27 August 20262011: 22,794 people · published 27 August 20262012: 21,859 people · published 27 August 20262013: 22,556 people · published 27 August 20262014: 25,883 people · published 27 August 20262015: 38,147 people · published 27 August 20262016: 31,011 people · published 27 August 20262017: 27,850 people · published 27 August 20262018: 28,969 people · published 27 August 20262019: 28,575 people · published 27 August 20262020: 18,477 people · published 27 August 20262021: 17,866 people · published 27 August 20262022: 22,790 people · published 27 August 20262023: 91,556 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 113,207 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 115,872 people · published 27 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) who received an initial decision on their asylum claim in a 12-month period, whether a grant, a refusal or a withdrawal.

Doesn’t measure: Appeal decisions, or the final outcome of claims after appeal.