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Initial decisions on asylum claims: record highs and lows

The extremes of initial decisions on asylum claims 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

135,7402025

Lowest published

17,8662021

The full series

Initial decisions on asylum claims: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k20102015202020252010: 26,452 people · published 27 August 20262011: 22,794 people · published 27 August 20262012: 21,859 people · published 27 August 20262013: 22,556 people · published 27 August 20262014: 25,883 people · published 27 August 20262015: 38,147 people · published 27 August 20262016: 31,011 people · published 27 August 20262017: 27,850 people · published 27 August 20262018: 28,969 people · published 27 August 20262019: 28,575 people · published 27 August 20262020: 18,477 people · published 27 August 20262021: 17,866 people · published 27 August 20262022: 22,790 people · published 27 August 20262023: 91,556 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 113,207 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 115,872 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
PeriodInitial decisions on asylum claims
201026,452 people
201122,794 people
201221,859 people
201322,556 people
201425,883 people
201538,147 people
201631,011 people
201727,850 people
201828,969 people
201928,575 people
202018,477 people
202117,866 people
202222,790 people
202391,556 people
Year ending June 2025113,207 people
Year ending June 2026115,872 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.