Home Office · Immigration system statistics: asylum claims awaiting a decision dataset · 4 values

Asylum backlog by duration

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) whose asylum claim was awaiting an initial decision at the end of the quarter, split by how long the claim had been waiting. This is a stock, not a flow.

at June 2026 · total 40,168 people · published 27 August 2026

Duration	Latest	Share	A year earlier	Change
Less than 3 months	14,492	36.1%	23,692	▼ 38.8%
12 months or more	11,014	27.4%	27,998	▼ 60.7%
6 months to less than 12 months	8,238	20.5%	24,356	▼ 66.2%
3 months to less than 6 months	6,424	16%	14,766	▼ 56.5%

Source

Dataset: Immigration system statistics: asylum claims awaiting a decision dataset · sheet Data_Asy_D03
Rows: Application stage=Pending initial decision; values are the sum of the published rows for each duration and period.
Caveat: How long decided claims took, claims awaiting an appeal, or the number of cases (main applicants only).
Parent metric: Asylum backlog
API: /api/metrics/asylum_backlog_by_duration/vintages