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Kirklees

England · Yorkshire and The Humber — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

707
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
685
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
22
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Kirklees ranks #34 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.8% of England's supported caseload — 16.3 per 10,000 residents (against the 433,216 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.1k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,06730 Sep 2023 — 1,07231 Dec 2023 — 87231 Mar 2024 — 87130 Jun 2024 — 86730 Sep 2024 — 85431 Dec 2024 — 81831 Mar 2025 — 77230 Jun 2025 — 74930 Sep 2025 — 74831 Dec 2025 — 72231 Mar 2026 — 707
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Kirklees, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 34% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

433,216
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
12.6%
born outside the UK (54,508)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (9,997)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Kirklees has received 171 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.

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