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Aberdeenshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Seamus Logan
Seamus LoganSNP · Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Aberdeenshire.

216 people on asylum support in Aberdeenshire

Rank 124 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 8.16 per 10,000 puts Aberdeenshire in the 58th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 92 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 216 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.4M a year.

What asylum costs Aberdeenshire

£4.9Mestimated hotel costs/year
£552Ksubsistence payments/year
£259KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 216 people on asylum support in Aberdeenshire(0.23% 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.

Aberdeenshire: 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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Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 202339
Sept 2023171
Dec 2023220
Mar 2024190
Jun 2024193
Sept 2024298
Dec 2024272
Mar 2025284
Jun 2025345
Sept 2025358
Dec 2025377

Trend

+19Latest quarter change
+338Change across series
11Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation123
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation92

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
216
Homes for Ukraine
551
Afghan programme
25
Resettlement cumulative
320

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine551
Afghan programme25
Resettlement cumulative320

Population context

All pathways total792
Share of local population0.3%
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