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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
866 people on asylum support in Newham

Rank 25 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 23 per 10,000 puts Newham in the 86th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 53 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 541 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 866 people at £107 per person per day is about £33.8M a year.

What asylum costs Newham

£19.5Mestimated hotel costs/year
£2.2Msubsistence payments/year
£1.0MLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 866 people on asylum support in Newham(0.93% 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.

Newham: asylum numbers falling

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.

1,140
1,6111,0745370Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Sept 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 2014371
Jun 2014382
Sept 2014377
Dec 2014366
Mar 2015360
Jun 2015348
Sept 2015318
Dec 2015274
Mar 2016297
Jun 2016516
Sept 2016467
Dec 2016448
Mar 2017451
Jun 2017435
Sept 2017447
Dec 2017461
Mar 2018504
Jun 2018593
Sept 2018613
Dec 2018635
Mar 2019720
Jun 2019796
Sept 2019810
Dec 2019840
Mar 2020932
Jun 2020958
Sept 2020980
Dec 2020935
Mar 2021919
Jun 2021915
Sept 2021797
Dec 2021830
Mar 2022803
Jun 2022777
Sept 2022765
Dec 20221,589
Mar 20231,550
Jun 20231,603
Sept 20231,611
Dec 20231,330
Mar 20241,279
Jun 20241,289
Sept 20241,343
Dec 20241,397
Mar 20251,418
Jun 20251,268
Sept 20251,254
Dec 20251,140

Trend

-114Latest quarter change
+769Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation272
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only53
Contingency accommodation541

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
866
Homes for Ukraine
1,029
Afghan programme
49
Resettlement cumulative
67

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine1,029
Afghan programme49
Resettlement cumulative67

Population context

All pathways total1,944
Share of local population0.52%

Ethnic composition projection

Newham: White British 14.8% (2021) to 8.5% (2051). 80% CI: 7.6, 9.7%.

Ethnic composition: Newham

014274154% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 7% in 2061White Other 13% in 2061Asian 49% in 2061Black 9% in 2061Mixed 7% in 2061Other 14% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther 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: Newham

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

2011
17%
12%
43%
22%
2021
15%
16%
42%
17%
2031proj
12%
17%
43%
16%
2041proj
10%
16%
45%
14%
9%
2051proj
8%
15%
47%
11%
12%
2061proj
13%
49%
9%
14%
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 Newham ranges from9.1% to 9.8%by 2051. That is a 0.7pp 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 9.4% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 37.2% (2021) → 36.1% (2051). Christian 37.7% → 19.4%.

Religion: Newham

011233446%Census 2021Christian 19% in 2051No religion 41% in 2051Muslim 36% in 2051Hindu 2% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHindu

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

Nativity

53.7% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.86). 65.4% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Newham

1130507089%Census 2021UK-born 16% in 2051Foreign-born 84% 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.

high immigration gateway: High foreign-born share means ethnic change is migration-driven. Future projections are sensitive to immigration policy.

Census 2021 mobility: 10.5% moved within UK, 2.2% arrived from abroad
white other17.1% internal, 2.8% international
other11.8% internal, 2.9% international
mixed11.4% internal, 1.5% international
white british12% internal, 0.5% international
asian8.5% internal, 3% international
black7.6% internal, 1% international

Why Newham is changing

-2pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+5pp
Local migration
-0.6pp

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

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

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