One system for every queue
Backlogs
Administrative queues the government publishes, on one layout: the stock, its peak, the level inherited by the current government, what is entering and leaving, and the clearance rate. The clearance rate is a Civometry calculation: cases leaving divided by cases entering over the latest year.
Asylum claims awaiting an initial decision
- Current backlog
- 40,168 people (Year ending June 2026)
- Peak
- 160,919 (2022)
- When this government took office
- 128,786 (2023) · BACKLOG REDUCED
- Cases entering
- 85,891 asylum claims, Year ending June 2026
- Cases leaving
- 115,872 initial decisions on asylum claims, Year ending June 2026
- Clearance rate
- 135% (Civometry calculation: leaving ÷ entering; above 100% means the queue is shrinking)
- Breakdown
- asylum backlog by duration
The stock counts people (main applicants and dependants) awaiting an initial decision; the inflow is claims made and the outflow initial decisions, both in people. Appeals are a separate queue that the Home Office publishes without a compatible stock series.
Crown Court open cases
- Current backlog
- 80,061 cases (2026 Q1)
- Peak
- 80,098 (2025 Q4)
- When this government took office
- 70,705 (2024 Q2) · BACKLOG INCREASED
- Cases entering
- 119,881 crown court receipts, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1
- Cases leaving
- 116,046 crown court disposals, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1
- Clearance rate
- 97% (Civometry calculation: leaving ÷ entering; above 100% means the queue is shrinking)
- Waiting time
- 346 days crown court median days from offence to completion (2026 Q1)
- Breakdown
- crown court open by case type
Open cases are those received but not yet disposed of at the end of the quarter. Receipts and disposals are counted on the same case basis by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
Magistrates' courts open cases
- Current backlog
- 370,722 cases (2026 Q1)
- Peak
- 370,722 (2026 Q1)
- When this government took office
- 291,161 (2024 Q2) · BACKLOG INCREASED
Receipts and disposals for the magistrates' courts are published but are not yet loaded here, so the clearance rate is not calculated.
NHS referral-to-treatment waiting list, England
DATA NOT PUBLISHED How long are people waiting for NHS treatment and in A&E, and can the figures be read by a machine?
The largest administrative queue in the country is published by NHS England behind a bot-management gate; the figures are not loaded until an automated route exists.