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

Grants of other leave by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

431people

Grants of other leave by nationality were 431 people in 2026 Q2, up 26.8% (91) from 340 in 2025 Q2.

▲ 26.8% · +91 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 Other Leave
  6. column “Decisions
  7. cell value sum of 198 rows

The series is rising. Rule: up 26.8% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Grants of other leave by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k6k201020202001 Q1: 6,708 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 4,624 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 4,246 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 4,614 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 6,956 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 5,767 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 5,127 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 4,618 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 4,345 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 1,070 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 992 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 1,216 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 1,275 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 889 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 856 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 966 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 785 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 767 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 563 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 680 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 770 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 544 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 461 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 565 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 576 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 558 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 617 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 408 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 469 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 572 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 562 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 578 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 629 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 662 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 722 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 661 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 559 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 505 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 412 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 370 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 414 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 372 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 430 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 354 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 410 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 323 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 230 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 159 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 289 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 316 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 272 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 184 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 153 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 186 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 266 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 394 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 562 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 377 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 367 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 343 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 429 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 354 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 260 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 273 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 220 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 181 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 211 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 226 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 367 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 380 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 235 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 178 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 451 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 284 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 266 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 283 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 194 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 146 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 116 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 128 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 104 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 114 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 51 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 77 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 61 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 82 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 72 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 120 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 113 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 143 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 255 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 846 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 305 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 483 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 162 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 401 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 413 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 340 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 440 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 510 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 520 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 431 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) granted leave other than protection at initial decision in each quarter (discretionary leave, UASC leave and similar), split by nationality.

What this doesn’t measure

Grants of protection, 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 Other Leave
Column
Decisions
Cell value
sum of 198 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
people
API
/api/metrics/asylum_other_leave_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 2024–4832024 Q24312026 Q2 10.8%
Conservative 2019–20242662019 Q34832024 Q2 81.6%
Conservative 2017–20192202017 Q12662019 Q3 20.9%
Conservative 2015–20175622015 Q12202017 Q1 60.9%
Coalition 2010–20155592010 Q15622015 Q1 0.5%
Labour 2005–20107852005 Q15592010 Q1 28.8%
Labour 2001–20056,7082001 Q17852005 Q1 88.3%

Full comparison with chart

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