East Midlands

High Peak

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Corrections log
Jon Pearce
Jon PearceLabour · High Peak
9 people on asylum support in High Peak

Rank 304 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 0.98 per 10,000 puts High Peak in the 18th percentile. That means fewer than 82% of areas. 8 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 9 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.4M a year.

What asylum costs High Peak

£203Kestimated hotel costs/year
£23Ksubsistence payments/year
£11KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 9 people on asylum support in High Peak(0.01% 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 High Peak?

9 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in High Peak at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 304th 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 High Peak?

0.98 per 10,000 residents, which places High Peak in the 18th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries fewer per head than 82% 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 High Peak?

Not on the published figures. High Peak recorded nobody in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, which is the category that includes hotels. The 9 people on asylum support there are recorded in dispersal housing or on subsistence-only support.

Who houses asylum seekers in High Peak?

Serco holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region High Peak 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 High Peak?

No. 8 of the 9 on support in High Peak, about 89%, 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.

High Peak: asylum numbers still rising

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.

9
171160Dec 2019Jun 2026Peak Mar 2024Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby Stockholm
Exact values
PeriodValue
Dec 20191
Mar 20201
Jun 20201
Sept 20202
Dec 20202
Mar 20212
Jun 20211
Sept 20211
Dec 20211
Mar 20221
Jun 20221
Sept 20221
Dec 20221
Mar 20232
Sept 20231
Mar 202417
Mar 20254
Jun 20257
Sept 20258
Dec 20258
Mar 20267
Jun 20269

Trend

+2Latest quarter change
+8Change across series
22Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation1
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only8
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
9
Homes for Ukraine
339
Afghan programme
27
Resettlement cumulative
22

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine339
Afghan programme27
Resettlement cumulative22

Population context

All pathways total375
Share of local population0.41%

Ethnic composition projection

High Peak: White British 94.8% (2021) to 90.2% (2051). 80% CI: 89.9, 91.8%.

Ethnic composition: High Peak

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 87% in 2061White Other 4% in 2061Mixed 6% 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: High Peak

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

2011
96%
2021
95%
2031proj
94%
2041proj
92%
2051proj
90%
2061proj
87%
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 High Peak ranges from51.0% to 77.9%by 2051. That is a 26.9pp 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 60.0% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.3% (2021) → 0.3% (2051). Christian 51.5% → 10.1%.

Religion: High Peak

527497294%Census 2021Christian 10% 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

4.2% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.15). 98.7% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: High Peak

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 74% in 2051Foreign-born 26% 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: 7.8% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
black13.5% internal, 5% international
other9.9% internal, 4.5% international
mixed13.4% internal, 0.7% international
white other11.4% internal, 1.9% international
asian10.1% internal, 2.6% international
white british7.5% internal, 0.2% international

Why High Peak is changing

-1.1pp
National trend
-6.2pp
Age structure
-1.3pp
Local migration
+6.3pp

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

Dominant driver: national trend, offset by local migration. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).