Home Office · age: 17 and under
Asylum claims: 17 and under
4 periods to 2026 Q2
15,533people
Asylum claims for 17 and under totalled 15,533 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 20.6% (4,026) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Asy_D01
- all rows; Age=17 and under
- column “Claims”
- sum of 286 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2009 Q1 to 2026 Q2
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a valueWhat 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).