Trend
— Latest quarter change
+0 Change across series
1 Official data points
Barnsley
277 on asylum support. Rank 116 nationally, 11 in Yorkshire and The Humber. Rate: 11 per 10,000 (58th percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
2025-12-31 Yorkshire and The Humber region
Summary
Barnsley has 277 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 116 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 11 per 10,000 residents places it around the 58th percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Barnsley
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.
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 266
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 11
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 146
Afghan programme 149
Resettlement cumulative 0
Population context
All pathways total 572
Share of local population 0.23%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
277 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
11 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in Yorkshire and The Humber by supported asylum.