HM Treasury (Spending Review 2025)'s pledge

The SR settlement includes £200 million of transformation funding to accelerate the transformation of the asylum system and end the costly use of asylum hotels in this Parliament by clearing the asylum backlog, increasing appeals capacity and continuing to return those with no right to be here.

Made under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government, as GOV.UK labels it.

Made 2025-06-11 · Deadline this Parliament · Where it was made · archived copy · Government publication

What the official figures show

Asylum seekers in receipt of support housed in hotels, end of June 2026 (latest)

16021people

2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt

People awaiting an initial asylum decision, end of June 2024 (baseline)

118882people

2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt

People awaiting an initial asylum decision, end of June 2026 (latest)

40000people

2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt

Returns from the UK, enforced and voluntary, year ending June 2026 (latest)

41000returns

2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.