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Newry, Mourne and Down

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Andrew Griffith
Andrew GriffithConservative · Arundel and South Downs

5 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Newry, Mourne and Down.

29 people on asylum support in Newry, Mourne and Down

Rank 258 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 1.58 per 10,000 puts Newry, Mourne and Down in the 23rd percentile. That means fewer than most areas. 4 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 29 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.1M a year.

What asylum costs Newry, Mourne and Down

£655Kestimated hotel costs/year
£74Ksubsistence payments/year
£35KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 29 people on asylum support in Newry, Mourne and Down(0.03% 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.

Newry, Mourne and Down: 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
Sept 20141
Dec 20141
Sept 20201
Dec 20201
Mar 20211
Jun 20211
Sept 20212
Dec 20213
Mar 20222
Jun 20222
Sept 20222
Dec 20222
Mar 202347
Jun 202356
Sept 202382
Dec 202395
Mar 202457
Jun 202435
Sept 202443
Dec 202438
Mar 202531
Jun 202529
Sept 202523
Dec 202534

Trend

+11Latest quarter change
+33Change across series
24Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation25
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only4
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
29
Homes for Ukraine
279
Afghan programme
37
Resettlement cumulative
168

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine279
Afghan programme37
Resettlement cumulative168

Population context

All pathways total345
Share of local population0.19%
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