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Slough

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabour · Slough
318 people on asylum support in Slough

Rank 97 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 18.99 per 10,000 puts Slough in the 80th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 23 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 201 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 318 people at £107 per person per day is about £12.4M a year.

What asylum costs Slough

£7.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£813Ksubsistence payments/year
£382KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 318 people on asylum support in Slough(0.34% 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.

Slough: 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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5933951980Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Jun 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 201434
Jun 201433
Sept 201434
Dec 201436
Mar 201548
Jun 201547
Sept 201538
Dec 201534
Mar 201630
Jun 201622
Sept 201618
Dec 201622
Mar 201724
Jun 201722
Sept 201729
Dec 201734
Mar 201840
Jun 201833
Sept 201839
Dec 201839
Mar 201951
Jun 201950
Sept 201952
Dec 201950
Mar 202055
Jun 202070
Sept 202071
Dec 202073
Mar 2021102
Jun 2021121
Sept 2021126
Dec 2021166
Mar 2022183
Jun 2022189
Sept 2022197
Dec 2022488
Mar 2023521
Jun 2023593
Sept 2023564
Dec 2023503
Mar 2024466
Jun 2024347
Sept 2024338
Dec 2024363
Mar 2025322
Jun 2025315
Sept 2025353
Dec 2025381

Trend

+28Latest quarter change
+347Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation94
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only23
Contingency accommodation201

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
318
Homes for Ukraine
177
Afghan programme
48
Resettlement cumulative
18

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine177
Afghan programme48
Resettlement cumulative18

Population context

All pathways total543
Share of local population0.32%

Ethnic composition projection

Slough: White British 24.0% (2021) to 6.3% (2051). 80% CI: 5.8, 7.3%.

Ethnic composition: Slough

015304459% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 4% in 2061White Other 8% in 2061Asian 52% in 2061Black 4% in 2061Mixed 12% in 2061Other 20% 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: Slough

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

2011
35%
11%
40%
10%
2021
24%
12%
47%
2031proj
16%
12%
51%
9%
2041proj
10%
11%
53%
12%
2051proj
9%
54%
9%
16%
2061proj
52%
12%
20%
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 Slough ranges from13.1% to 15.5%by 2051. That is a 2.4pp 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 14.1% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 31.1% (2021) → 48.8% (2051). Christian 33.8% → 12.3%.

Religion: Slough

316294154%Census 2021Christian 12% in 2051No religion 13% in 2051Muslim 49% in 2051Hindu 13% in 2051Sikh 11% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHinduSikh

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

Nativity

44% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.8). 72.7% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Slough

1733506783%Census 2021UK-born 22% in 2051Foreign-born 78% 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: 8% moved within UK, 1.4% arrived from abroad
white other11.9% internal, 2% international
mixed10.1% internal, 0.9% international
black8.8% internal, 2% international
other8% internal, 2.5% international
asian7.8% internal, 1.6% international
white british5.8% internal, 0.2% international

Why Slough is changing

-10.5pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+3.6pp
Local migration
-7.7pp

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

Dominant driver: local migration. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

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