Home Office · local authority: Wigan

Asylum seekers receiving support: Wigan

at 30 June 2026

1,193people

Asylum seekers receiving support for Wigan was 1,193 people at 30 June 2026, up 0.4% (5) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D11
  3. all rows; Local Authority=Wigan
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 3 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2014 to June 2026

Asylum support by local authority: March 2014 to June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2014201620182020202220242026March 2014: 418 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 448 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 478 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 542 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 590 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 592 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 679 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 739 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 787 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 847 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 868 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 885 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 907 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 889 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 908 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 937 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,024 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,011 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,011 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 1,029 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 1,020 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 990 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 944 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 921 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 918 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 955 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 964 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 933 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 862 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 808 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 814 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 903 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 913 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 952 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 994 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 1,152 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 1,150 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 1,331 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 1,442 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 1,296 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 1,285 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 1,236 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 1,239 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 1,218 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 1,198 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 1,207 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,220 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 1,189 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,188 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 1,193 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by the local authority they are accommodated in. This is a stock, not a flow.

Refugees who have been granted status, people on resettlement or Ukraine schemes, or the share of a local authority's population; local authority names are as published and not mapped to official codes.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 d2207eed53afa18c
All values
Asylum seekers receiving support by local authority