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Home Office · asylum case outcome group: Awaiting initial decision

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals: Awaiting initial decision

4 periods to 2025 Q4

4,508 decisions

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals for Awaiting initial decision totalled 4,508 decisions in the 4 periods to 2025 Q4, up 149.5% (2,701) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D03
  3. all rows; Asylum Case Outcome Group=Awaiting initial decision
  4. column “Outcomes”
  5. sum of 167 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2019 Q2 to 2025 Q4

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome: 2019 Q2 to 2025 Q4ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k20192020202120222023202420252019 Q2: 2 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 2 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 6 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 8 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 51 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 6 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 24 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 52 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 114 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 98 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 57 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 146 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 365 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 221 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 27 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 130 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 356 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 100 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 154 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 297 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 622 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 734 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 375 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,123 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,670 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1,340 decisions · published 27 August 2026
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PeriodInitial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome
2019 Q22 decisions
2019 Q32 decisions
2019 Q41 decisions
2020 Q16 decisions
2020 Q28 decisions
2020 Q351 decisions
2020 Q46 decisions
2021 Q124 decisions
2021 Q252 decisions
2021 Q3114 decisions
2021 Q498 decisions
2022 Q157 decisions
2022 Q2146 decisions
2022 Q3365 decisions
2022 Q4221 decisions
2023 Q127 decisions
2023 Q2130 decisions
2023 Q3356 decisions
2023 Q4100 decisions
2024 Q1154 decisions
2024 Q2297 decisions
2024 Q3622 decisions
2024 Q4734 decisions
2025 Q1375 decisions
2025 Q21,123 decisions
2025 Q31,670 decisions
2025 Q41,340 decisions

What this measures

The outcomes to date of asylum claims made by people who arrived by small boat, counted in the quarter the person arrived and split by outcome group — grant of protection, grant of other leave, refused, withdrawn, administrative outcome, or awaiting an initial decision.

Final outcomes after appeal. Outcomes are restated at every release as claims resolve, so recent quarters show many claims still awaiting a decision and their split will change.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: small boat arrivals, asylum claims and NRM referrals datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 72071ed0ce3777a2…
All values
Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by asylum case outcome group