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Home Office · age: Total (pre-2009)

Asylum claims: Total (pre-2009)

4 periods to 2008 Q4

31,314people

Asylum claims for Total (pre-2009) totalled 31,314 people in the 4 periods to 2008 Q4, up 10.7% (3,014) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Age=Total (pre-2009)
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 290 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2008 Q4

Asylum claims by age group: 2001 Q1 to 2008 Q4LabourLabourLabourLabourLabour010k20k20022004200620082001 Q1: 19,007 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 15,683 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 18,617 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 17,720 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 22,872 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 24,888 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 27,891 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 27,430 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 19,129 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 12,710 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 14,997 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 13,211 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 10,731 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 9,307 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 10,483 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 10,102 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 8,369 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 7,271 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 7,806 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 7,395 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 7,649 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 6,491 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 7,222 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 6,966 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 6,914 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 6,031 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 7,185 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 8,170 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 7,936 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 7,068 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 8,181 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 8,129 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) who claimed asylum in the UK in each quarter, split by age group at the time of the claim.

Ages established by later age assessment, or the number of cases (main applicants only).

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 10788dae8042fdb4…
All values
Asylum claims by age