Home Office · Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support dataset · 6 values
Asylum seekers receiving support by accommodation type
The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by accommodation type, including hotels (contingency accommodation), dispersal accommodation and subsistence-only support. This is a stock, not a flow.
at June 2026 · total 93,293 people · published 27 August 2026
| Accommodation Type | Latest | Share | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dispersal Accommodation | 69,038 | 74% | 66,234 | ▲ 4.2% |
| Contingency Accommodation - Hotel | 16,021 | 17.2% | 32,041 | ▼ 50% |
| Subsistence Only | 4,204 | 4.5% | 3,209 | ▲ 31% |
| Initial Accommodation | 1,613 | 1.7% | 1,665 | ▼ 3.1% |
| Contingency Accommodation - Other | 1,255 | 1.3% | 2,273 | ▼ 44.8% |
| Other Accommodation | 1,162 | 1.2% | 653 | ▲ 77.9% |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support dataset · sheet Data_Asy_D09
- Rows
- all rows; values are the sum of the published rows for each accommodation type and period.
- Caveat
- People accommodated by local authorities or other schemes, or the cost of support.
- Parent metric
- Asylum seekers receiving support
- API
- /api/metrics/asylum_support_by_accommodation/vintages