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Asylum grants at initial decision: record highs and lows

The extremes of asylum grants at initial decision 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

61,4782023

Lowest published

6,4442010

The full series

Asylum grants at initial decision: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k60k20102015202020252010: 6,444 people · published 27 August 20262011: 7,184 people · published 27 August 20262012: 7,797 people · published 27 August 20262013: 8,638 people · published 27 August 20262014: 10,101 people · published 27 August 20262015: 13,945 people · published 27 August 20262016: 9,944 people · published 27 August 20262017: 8,564 people · published 27 August 20262018: 10,097 people · published 27 August 20262019: 15,080 people · published 27 August 20262020: 8,973 people · published 27 August 20262021: 12,953 people · published 27 August 20262022: 17,274 people · published 27 August 20262023: 61,478 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 53,480 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 42,394 people · published 27 August 2026
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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.