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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Dáire Hughes
Dáire HughesSinn Fein · Newry and Armagh
72 people on asylum support in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Rank 206 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 3.24 per 10,000 puts Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in the 35th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 72 people at £107 per person per day is about £2.8M a year.

What asylum costs Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

£1.6Mestimated hotel costs/year
£184Ksubsistence payments/year
£86KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 72 people on asylum support in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon(0.08% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: asylum numbers still rising

Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.

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9966330Jun 2020Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Bibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20201
Sept 20201
Jun 202321
Sept 202336
Dec 202339
Mar 202453
Jun 202461
Sept 202467
Dec 202472
Mar 202566
Jun 202552
Sept 202592
Dec 202599

Trend

+7Latest quarter change
+98Change across series
13Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation72
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
72
Homes for Ukraine
338
Afghan programme
45
Resettlement cumulative
214

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine338
Afghan programme45
Resettlement cumulative214

Population context

All pathways total455
Share of local population0.2%
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