Asylum seekers receiving support: record highs and lows

The extremes of asylum seekers receiving support as published by Home Office, across the 18 periods held here (2010 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

112,1872024

Lowest published

21,2492012

The full series

Asylum seekers receiving support: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k20102015202020252010: 22,689 people · published 27 August 20262011: 21,856 people · published 27 August 20262012: 21,249 people · published 27 August 20262013: 29,487 people · published 27 August 20262014: 36,223 people · published 27 August 20262015: 40,169 people · published 27 August 20262016: 45,152 people · published 27 August 20262017: 46,652 people · published 27 August 20262018: 50,426 people · published 27 August 20262019: 50,091 people · published 27 August 20262020: 64,041 people · published 27 August 20262021: 84,457 people · published 27 August 20262022: 110,171 people · published 27 August 20262023: 111,132 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 106,075 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 93,293 people · published 27 August 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum seekers receiving support
201022,689 people
201121,856 people
201221,249 people
201329,487 people
201436,223 people
201540,169 people
201645,152 people
201746,652 people
201850,426 people
201950,091 people
202064,041 people
202184,457 people
2022110,171 people
2023111,132 people
Year ending June 2025106,075 people
Year ending June 202693,293 people

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.