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East Suffolk

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Patrick Spencer
Patrick SpencerIndependent · Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

4 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping East Suffolk.

66 people on asylum support in East Suffolk

Rank 214 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 2.64 per 10,000 puts East Suffolk in the 30th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 3 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 66 people at £107 per person per day is about £2.6M a year.

What asylum costs East Suffolk

£1.5Mestimated hotel costs/year
£169Ksubsistence payments/year
£79KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 66 people on asylum support in East Suffolk(0.07% 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.

East Suffolk: 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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3926130Mar 2018Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20182
Jun 20185
Sept 20185
Dec 20185
Mar 20194
Jun 20197
Sept 20197
Dec 20198
Mar 20208
Jun 20208
Sept 20208
Dec 20208
Mar 20218
Jun 202111
Sept 202111
Dec 202111
Mar 202211
Jun 202210
Sept 202210
Dec 20229
Mar 202310
Jun 202311
Sept 20237
Dec 20234
Mar 20249
Jun 20248
Sept 20248
Dec 202417
Mar 202533
Jun 202531
Sept 202535
Dec 202539

Trend

+4Latest quarter change
+37Change across series
32Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation63
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only3
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
66
Homes for Ukraine
533
Afghan programme
13
Resettlement cumulative
0

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine533
Afghan programme13
Resettlement cumulative0

Population context

All pathways total612
Share of local population0.24%

Ethnic composition projection

East Suffolk: White British 93.1% (2021) to 66.7% (2051).

Ethnic composition: East Suffolk

025497498% of populationCensus 2021White British 67% in 2051White Other 9% in 2051Asian 11% in 2051Black 6% in 2051Mixed 4% in 2051Other 4% in 20512021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther

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 Suffolk

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

2021
93%
2021
93%
2026proj
90%
2031proj
86%
2036proj
81%
2041proj
76%
2046proj
71%
8%
9%
2051proj
67%
9%
11%
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 Suffolk ranges from67.0% to 82.9%by 2051. That is a 15.9pp 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 73.2% by 2051
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