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Halton

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

604
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
599
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
5
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Halton ranks #51 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload 47 per 10,000 residents (against the 128,478 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

988030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 95230 Sep 2023 — 97931 Dec 2023 — 82731 Mar 2024 — 76930 Jun 2024 — 78830 Sep 2024 — 98831 Dec 2024 — 90831 Mar 2025 — 86730 Jun 2025 — 60730 Sep 2025 — 59031 Dec 2025 — 60131 Mar 2026 — 604
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Halton, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 37% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

128,478
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.8%
born outside the UK (6,128)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (767)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Halton has received 169 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. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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