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Telford and Wrekin

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Shaun Davies
Shaun DaviesLabour · Telford

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Telford and Wrekin.

562 people on asylum support in Telford and Wrekin

Rank 53 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 28.19 per 10,000 puts Telford and Wrekin in the 89th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2060. 6 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 74 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 562 people at £107 per person per day is about £21.9M a year.

What asylum costs Telford and Wrekin

£12.7Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.4Msubsistence payments/year
£674KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 562 people on asylum support in Telford and Wrekin(0.60% 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.

Telford and Wrekin: 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
Mar 20143
Jun 20144
Sept 20144
Dec 20142
Mar 20152
Jun 20153
Sept 20152
Dec 20153
Mar 20163
Jun 20163
Sept 20163
Dec 20163
Mar 20174
Jun 20174
Sept 20174
Dec 20174
Mar 20185
Jun 20187
Sept 20186
Dec 20184
Mar 20194
Jun 20194
Sept 20192
Dec 20194
Mar 20204
Jun 20206
Sept 20203
Dec 20208
Mar 20219
Jun 20219
Sept 20217
Dec 20217
Mar 20224
Jun 20224
Sept 20229
Dec 20225
Mar 202363
Jun 2023134
Sept 2023248
Dec 2023288
Mar 2024277
Jun 2024218
Sept 2024431
Dec 2024483
Mar 2025590
Jun 2025727
Sept 2025763
Dec 2025710

Trend

-53Latest quarter change
+707Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation482
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only6
Contingency accommodation74

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
562
Homes for Ukraine
396
Afghan programme
232
Resettlement cumulative
56

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine396
Afghan programme232
Resettlement cumulative56

Population context

All pathways total1,190
Share of local population0.6%

Ethnic composition projection

Telford and Wrekin: White British 83.0% (2021) to 59.6% (2051). White British minority by ~2060. 80% CI: 58.5, 63.9%.

Ethnic composition: Telford and Wrekin

024477194% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 49% in 2061White Other 10% in 2061Asian 10% in 2061Black 15% in 2061Mixed 11% in 2061Other 5% 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: Telford and Wrekin

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

2011
89%
2021
83%
2031proj
77%
2041proj
69%
8%
8%
2051proj
60%
9%
9%
10%
2061proj
49%
10%
10%
15%
11%
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 Telford and Wrekin ranges from55.3% to 69.0%by 2051. That is a 13.7pp 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 60.6% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 2.9% (2021) → 5.2% (2051). Christian 50.4% → 12.5%.

Religion: Telford and Wrekin

021426384%Census 2021Christian 12% in 2051No religion 79% in 2051Muslim 5% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

11.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.39). 93.4% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Telford and Wrekin

628507294%Census 2021UK-born 49% in 2051Foreign-born 51% 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: 9.5% moved within UK, 0.6% arrived from abroad
black14% internal, 3.6% international
white other13.5% internal, 3.1% international
mixed12.7% internal, 0.7% international
asian8.8% internal, 3.5% international
other9.6% internal, 2.7% international
white british9% internal, 0.2% international

Why Telford and Wrekin is changing

-6.5pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.8pp
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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