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Cumberland

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
493 people on asylum support in Cumberland

Rank 60 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 17.46 per 10,000 puts Cumberland in the 76th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 493 people at £107 per person per day is about £19.3M a year.

What asylum costs Cumberland

£11.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.3Msubsistence payments/year
£592KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 493 people on asylum support in Cumberland(0.53% 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.

Cumberland: 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 2023247
Sept 2023350
Dec 2023100
Mar 2024167
Jun 2024220
Sept 2024297
Dec 2024377
Mar 2025428
Jun 2025455
Sept 2025508
Dec 2025515

Trend

+7Latest quarter change
+268Change across series
11Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation492
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
493
Homes for Ukraine
554
Afghan programme
166
Resettlement cumulative
18

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine554
Afghan programme166
Resettlement cumulative18

Population context

All pathways total1,213
Share of local population0.43%

Ethnic composition projection

Cumberland: White British 95.1% (2021) to 79.3% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Cumberland

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021White British 79% in 2051White Other 7% in 2051Asian 6% in 20512021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsian

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: Cumberland

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

2021
95%
2021
95%
2026proj
93%
2031proj
91%
2036proj
88%
2041proj
85%
2046proj
82%
2051proj
79%
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 Cumberland ranges from72.0% to 86.6%by 2051. That is a 14.6pp 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 77.7% by 2051
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