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Home Office · Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets

Grants of protection by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

5,678people

Grants of protection by nationality were 5,678 people in 2026 Q2, down 53.2% (6,442) from 12,120 in 2025 Q2.

▼ 53.2% · −6,442 against 2025 Q2 (same quarter previous year)

  1. Home Office count
  2. 2026 Q2
  3. published 27 August 2026
  4. Asy_D02
  5. row “Case outcome group=Grant of Protection”
  6. column “Decisions”
  7. cell value sum of 550 rows

The series is falling. Rule: down 53.2% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Grants of protection by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010k20k201020202001 Q1: 4,039 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 2,803 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 2,300 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 2,307 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 2,911 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 2,443 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 2,858 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 2,780 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 2,096 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 1,408 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 1,135 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 921 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 828 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 556 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 482 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 501 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 660 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 634 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 650 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 688 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 773 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 579 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 529 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 829 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,171 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 1,102 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 1,245 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 1,143 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 1,206 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1,313 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 1,160 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 1,235 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,995 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,371 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 1,197 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 1,151 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 1,066 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 1,064 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 1,164 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 1,304 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 1,390 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1,224 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 1,504 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 1,496 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 1,612 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1,415 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 1,809 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 1,839 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 2,415 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,980 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 1,769 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 1,413 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 1,196 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,666 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 2,731 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 3,509 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 3,712 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 2,871 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 2,863 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 2,850 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 2,343 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 2,120 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 1,857 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 2,308 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 2,249 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 2,006 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 1,831 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1,640 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,959 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 2,002 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 2,377 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 2,599 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 3,403 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 3,296 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 3,390 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 3,707 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 3,830 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,427 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 994 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 2,138 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 3,187 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 3,222 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2,953 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 3,245 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 3,820 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 3,551 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 4,625 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,943 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 4,104 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 6,191 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 22,229 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 27,597 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 10,112 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 4,982 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 8,254 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 16,054 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 15,736 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 12,120 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 12,854 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 12,704 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 9,257 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 5,678 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) granted protection at initial decision in each quarter (refugee permission, humanitarian protection and similar), split by nationality.

What this doesn’t measure

Grants of other leave such as discretionary or UASC leave, grants on appeal, or refusals.

Important caveat

Outcome groups are summed from the Home Office detailed decisions dataset. The summary "initial decisions" figure counts grants and refusals only; this dataset also records withdrawn claims and administrative outcomes, so the total of all outcome groups is larger than the published initial decisions figure. A grant of protection is refugee permission or humanitarian protection; other leave covers discretionary, UASC and similar grants. Decisions in a quarter relate to claims made earlier. Data for 2026 Q1 onwards is provisional.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
Home Office
Publication
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026
Source file
asylum-claims-datasets-jun-2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
10788dae8042fdb4f49ce4fc1447335a5cc868df48349969d66185bfda12e02f
Retrieved
2 September 2026
Sheet
Data_Asy_D02
Table
Asy_D02
Row
Case outcome group=Grant of Protection
Column
Decisions
Cell value
sum of 550 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
people
API
/api/metrics/asylum_protection_grants_by_nationality · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–4,9822024 Q25,6782026 Q2↑ 14.0%
Conservative 2019–20243,3902019 Q34,9822024 Q2↑ 47.0%
Conservative 2017–20192,2492017 Q13,3902019 Q3↑ 50.7%
Conservative 2015–20173,7122015 Q12,2492017 Q1↓ 39.4%
Coalition 2010–20151,0662010 Q13,7122015 Q1↑ 248.2%
Labour 2005–20106602005 Q11,0662010 Q1↑ 61.5%
Labour 2001–20054,0392001 Q16602005 Q1↓ 83.7%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending June 2026 · publication page
Last updated
27 August 2026
Next scheduled release
26 November 2026 (official date)