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Cumberland

England · North West — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

518
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
515
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
3
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Cumberland ranks #57 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 19 per 10,000 residents (against the 273,247 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

518030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 24730 Sep 2023 — 35031 Dec 2023 — 10031 Mar 2024 — 16730 Jun 2024 — 22030 Sep 2024 — 29731 Dec 2024 — 37731 Mar 2025 — 42830 Jun 2025 — 45530 Sep 2025 — 50831 Dec 2025 — 51531 Mar 2026 — 518
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Cumberland, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 110% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

273,247
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.6%
born outside the UK (12,442)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,085)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Cumberland has received 18 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 (none in the last four published quarters).

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Census figures aggregated from the pre-2023 districts (Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland) that now form Cumberland. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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