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Reigate and Banstead

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Rebecca Paul
Rebecca PaulConservative · Reigate
249 people on asylum support in Reigate and Banstead

Rank 116 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 15.62 per 10,000 puts Reigate and Banstead in the 72nd percentile. That means this area carries more than most. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2055. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 90 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 249 people at £107 per person per day is about £9.7M a year.

What asylum costs Reigate and Banstead

£5.6Mestimated hotel costs/year
£637Ksubsistence payments/year
£299KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 249 people on asylum support in Reigate and Banstead(0.27% 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.

Reigate and Banstead: 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.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20141
Sept 20141
Dec 20151
Mar 20161
Jun 20162
Sept 20162
Dec 20162
Mar 20171
Jun 20171
Sept 20171
Dec 20171
Mar 20181
Jun 20181
Sept 20181
Dec 20181
Mar 20192
Mar 202110
Jun 202155
Sept 202182
Dec 2021142
Mar 202297
Jun 2022176
Sept 2022119
Dec 2022508
Mar 2023473
Jun 2023517
Sept 2023525
Dec 2023316
Mar 2024332
Jun 2024252
Sept 2024367
Dec 2024360
Mar 2025350
Jun 2025346
Sept 2025362
Dec 2025339

Trend

-23Latest quarter change
+338Change across series
36Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation158
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation90

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
249
Homes for Ukraine
445
Afghan programme
38
Resettlement cumulative
34

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine445
Afghan programme38
Resettlement cumulative34

Population context

All pathways total732
Share of local population0.46%

Ethnic composition projection

Reigate and Banstead: White British 76.9% (2021) to 54.0% (2051). White British minority by ~2055. 80% CI: 53.7, 58.5%.

Ethnic composition: Reigate and Banstead

022456790% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 45% in 2061White Other 10% in 2061Asian 15% in 2061Black 7% in 2061Mixed 18% in 2061Other 6% 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: Reigate and Banstead

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

2011
85%
2021
77%
2031proj
71%
9%
9%
2041proj
63%
9%
11%
8%
2051proj
54%
10%
13%
12%
2061proj
45%
10%
15%
18%
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 Reigate and Banstead ranges from47.8% to 62.0%by 2051. That is a 14.2pp 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 53.1% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 3.3% (2021) → 7.6% (2051). Christian 52.2% → 14.6%.

Religion: Reigate and Banstead

018375574%Census 2021Christian 15% in 2051No religion 69% in 2051Muslim 8% in 2051Hindu 8% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHindu

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

Nativity

16.3% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.49). 93.8% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Reigate and Banstead

1131506989%Census 2021UK-born 53% in 2051Foreign-born 48% 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.

emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 9.1% moved within UK, 0.8% arrived from abroad
black15.6% internal, 3.4% international
asian12.4% internal, 3% international
other12.2% internal, 2.8% international
white other12.5% internal, 2% international
mixed11.1% internal, 0.8% international
white british8.1% internal, 0.3% international

Why Reigate and Banstead is changing

-8.1pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.4pp
Local migration
-1.3pp

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

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

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