40,168 people across 32,401 cases awaiting an initial decision. People and cases are different measures.
Definition
This is the number of people awaiting an initial decision on an asylum claim at the end of the quarter. The 40,168 people relate to 32,401 cases. The source table is Asy_D03.
Limits of this count
This does not describe the entire asylum casework system. People awaiting appeals and other outcomes are not made visible merely by counting the initial-decision queue. It cannot be added to the support population as though the two counts represent distinct groups.
Verification
Transcribed from the Home Office’s year-ending June 2026 bulletin. The underlying Asy_D03 workbook has not been independently recalculated for this record.
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Source: Home Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. Verified 9 September 2026.
