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Cannock Chase

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Josh Newbury
Josh NewburyLabour · Cannock Chase
29 people on asylum support in Cannock Chase

Rank 257 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 2.78 per 10,000 puts Cannock Chase in the 31st percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 2 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 29 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.1M a year.

What asylum costs Cannock Chase

£655Kestimated hotel costs/year
£74Ksubsistence payments/year
£35KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 29 people on asylum support in Cannock Chase(0.03% 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.

Cannock Chase: 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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Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20144
Sept 20144
Dec 20144
Mar 20154
Jun 20154
Sept 20154
Dec 20154
Mar 20164
Jun 20164
Sept 20164
Dec 20164
Mar 20174
Jun 20174
Sept 20174
Dec 20178
Mar 20188
Sept 20185
Dec 2021111
Mar 20224
Jun 20226
Sept 202241
Dec 2022288
Mar 2023307
Jun 2023301
Sept 2023247
Dec 2023201
Mar 202440
Jun 202421
Sept 202418
Dec 202419
Mar 202521
Jun 202528
Sept 202526
Dec 202531

Trend

+5Latest quarter change
+27Change across series
34Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation27
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only2
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
29
Homes for Ukraine
83
Afghan programme
28
Resettlement cumulative
15

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine83
Afghan programme28
Resettlement cumulative15

Population context

All pathways total140
Share of local population0.13%

Ethnic composition projection

Cannock Chase: White British 94.5% (2021) to 88.1% (2051). 80% CI: 87.8, 90.2%.

Ethnic composition: Cannock Chase

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 84% in 2061White Other 4% in 2061Mixed 7% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherMixed 80% CI

Each line shows one ethnic group's share of the local population. The shaded band is the 80% confidence range. Values after 2051 are illustrative only.

Ethnic composition: Cannock Chase

Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.

2011
96%
2021
95%
2031proj
93%
2041proj
91%
2051proj
88%
2061proj
84%
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther
Model: Hamilton-Perry single-year CCRs, 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations, SNPP-constrained

Census 2011 to 2021 cohort change ratios. Shaded band = 80% confidence interval from stochastic perturbation. Not a forecast.

Scenario explorer

Under different assumptions, White British share in Cannock Chase ranges from54.5% to 79.3%by 2051. That is a 24.8pp spread.

Fertility
Low~108k/yr
Principal~315k/yr
High~476k/yr
ConstantRates stay at current levels
Half convergenceMove halfway to national avg
Full convergenceConverge to national avg
Migration
Central scenario: WBI 63.1% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.4% (2021) → 0.5% (2051). Christian 55.1% → 9.5%.

Religion: Cannock Chase

427497194%Census 2021Christian 9% in 2051No religion 89% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

Religious affiliation projected from Census 2021 self-identification. Trends reflect demographic change in the existing population, not religious conversion.

Nativity

3.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.16). 98.2% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Cannock Chase

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 77% in 2051Foreign-born 23% in 20512021203120412051
UK-bornForeign-born

Share of the local population born outside the UK. Movement reflects both new arrivals and the UK-born children of existing residents reaching adulthood.

low immigration: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 7.5% moved within UK, 0.2% arrived from abroad
black15.7% internal, 1.3% international
white other12.7% internal, 3% international
mixed11.4% internal, 0.5% international
asian9.6% internal, 1.8% international
other8.3% internal, 2.1% international
white british7.3% internal, 0.1% international

Why Cannock Chase is changing

-1.9pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.3pp
Local migration
+5.7pp

White British change 2011-2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.

Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

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