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Westminster

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

33
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
8
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
25
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Westminster ranks #252 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0% of England's supported caseload — 1.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 204,238 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.0k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,03030 Sep 2023 — 1,04531 Dec 2023 — 92631 Mar 2024 — 67630 Jun 2024 — 54530 Sep 2024 — 51431 Dec 2024 — 22231 Mar 2025 — 4030 Jun 2025 — 4630 Sep 2025 — 3631 Dec 2025 — 3231 Mar 2026 — 33
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Westminster, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 97% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

204,238
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
55.6%
born outside the UK (113,536)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (7,284)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · 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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