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Derry City and Strabane

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Mr Gregory Campbell
Mr Gregory CampbellDUP · East Londonderry
206 people on asylum support in Derry City and Strabane

Rank 131 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 13.52 per 10,000 puts Derry City and Strabane in the 68th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 206 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.0M a year.

What asylum costs Derry City and Strabane

£4.7Mestimated hotel costs/year
£527Ksubsistence payments/year
£247KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 206 people on asylum support in Derry City and Strabane(0.22% 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.

Derry City and Strabane: 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 20229
Sept 202214
Dec 202230
Mar 2023107
Jun 2023185
Sept 2023172
Dec 2023194
Mar 2024204
Jun 2024230
Sept 2024266
Dec 2024245
Mar 2025271
Jun 2025255
Sept 2025239
Dec 2025254

Trend

+15Latest quarter change
+245Change across series
15Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation206
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
206
Homes for Ukraine
158
Afghan programme
45
Resettlement cumulative
94

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine158
Afghan programme45
Resettlement cumulative94

Population context

All pathways total409
Share of local population0.27%
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