Irregular immigration & cost
Asylum seekers in hotel accommodation
16,021
Year ending June 2026
Overdue · as of 27 Aug 2026no date announced
46d old · Quarterly official statistics
Explained
Asylum seekers in hotel accommodation: the official figure explained
The latest asylum seekers in hotel accommodation figure from Home Office, with its period, release dates and full source link.
The live figure
Home Office
What it measures
Asylum seekers in hotel accommodation — People supported in hotels at the end of the quarter. The figure is published by Home Office and covers Year ending June 2026.
How often it is published
Home Office publishes this quarterly official statistics. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.
Publisher notes
Hotel accommodation is the main driver of asylum support spend. The Home Office publishes the audited cash cost only in its annual report, so no running cost figure is invented here.
Methodology
Home Office — original publicationUKStats reproduces the published figure exactly; the publisher's own methodology notes are the authoritative description of how it is compiled.
Cite this figure
Home Office, "Asylum seekers in hotel accommodation", Year ending June 2026. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/uk-asylum-cost), accessed 13 October 2026. Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2026/how-many-people-are-in-the-uk-asylum-systemEmbed this figure
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