Yorkshire and The Humber

East Riding of Yorkshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Corrections log
Seamus Logan
Seamus LoganSNP · Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

67 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping East Riding of Yorkshire.

55 people on asylum support in East Riding of Yorkshire

Rank 228 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 1.53 per 10,000 puts East Riding of Yorkshire in the 22nd percentile. That means fewer than 78% of areas. 5 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 55 people at £107 per person per day is about £2.1M a year.

What asylum costs East Riding of Yorkshire

£1.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£141Ksubsistence payments/year
£66KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 55 people on asylum support in East Riding of Yorkshire(0.06% 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.

How many asylum seekers are in East Riding of Yorkshire?

55 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in East Riding of Yorkshire at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 228th of 361 UK local authorities. It counts people on support at that date, which is not the number who claimed asylum there and not the number waiting for a decision.

How many asylum seekers per 10,000 people are in East Riding of Yorkshire?

1.53 per 10,000 residents, which places East Riding of Yorkshire in the 22nd percentile of UK local authorities. It carries fewer per head than 78% of the country. Rate is the fair comparison between areas, because a large city carries more people than a small district at the same pressure per head.

Are there asylum hotels in East Riding of Yorkshire?

Not on the published figures. East Riding of Yorkshire recorded nobody in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, which is the category that includes hotels. The 55 people on asylum support there are recorded in dispersal housing or on subsistence-only support.

Who houses asylum seekers in East Riding of Yorkshire?

Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region East Riding of Yorkshire sits in, under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. The contract covers a whole region rather than a single council, and the Home Office does not publish a council-by-council split of which properties sit under it.

Are all of them in Home Office accommodation in East Riding of Yorkshire?

No. 5 of the 55 on support in East Riding of Yorkshire, about 9%, receive subsistence only: a cash payment with no accommodation, usually because they are living with friends or family. The rest are in Home Office accommodation, which covers dispersal housing and hotels.

East Riding of Yorkshire: asylum numbers falling

Quarter-end stock series to Jun 2026. 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
Mar 20144
Jun 20144
Sept 20144
Dec 20172
Mar 20182
Jun 20183
Sept 20183
Dec 20181
Dec 20191
Mar 20201
Jun 20222
Sept 202212
Dec 2022286
Mar 2023269
Jun 202384
Sept 2023163
Dec 202352
Mar 202465
Jun 202432
Sept 202447
Dec 202460
Mar 202557
Jun 202560
Sept 202550
Dec 202553
Mar 202673
Jun 202655

Trend

-18Latest quarter change
+51Change across series
27Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation50
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only5
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
55
Homes for Ukraine
637
Afghan programme
75
Resettlement cumulative
192

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine637
Afghan programme75
Resettlement cumulative192

Population context

All pathways total767
Share of local population0.21%

Ethnic composition projection

East Riding of Yorkshire: White British 94.6% (2021) to 87.8% (2051). 80% CI: 87.7, 89.9%.

Ethnic composition: East Riding of Yorkshire

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 84% in 2061White Other 6% in 2061Mixed 5% 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: East Riding of Yorkshire

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 East Riding of Yorkshire ranges from73.5% to 86.3%by 2051. That is a 12.9pp 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 78.7% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.6% (2021) → 0.8% (2051). Christian 56.7% → 12.1%.

Religion: East Riding of Yorkshire

728497091%Census 2021Christian 12% in 2051No religion 86% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

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

Nativity

5% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.16). 97.8% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: East Riding of Yorkshire

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 81% in 2051Foreign-born 20% 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: 8.4% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
black19.8% internal, 4.6% international
other15% internal, 6% international
asian13.9% internal, 2.1% international
white other11.8% internal, 3.3% international
mixed12.8% internal, 1.4% international
white british8.1% internal, 0.2% international

Why East Riding of Yorkshire is changing

-1.5pp
National trend
-6.2pp
Age structure
-1.3pp
Local migration
+5.9pp

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

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