Rank 336 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 0.11 per 10,000 puts Argyll and Bute in the 6th percentile. That means fewer than 94% of areas. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 1 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.0M a year.
Estimates based on 1 people on asylum support in Argyll and Bute(0.00% 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.
1 person was receiving Home Office asylum support in Argyll and Bute at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 336th of 361 UK local authorities. It counts people on support at that date, which is not the number who claimed asylum there and not the number waiting for a decision.
0.11 per 10,000 residents, which places Argyll and Bute in the 6th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries fewer per head than 94% of the country. Rate is the fair comparison between areas, because a large city carries more people than a small district at the same pressure per head.
Not on the published figures. Argyll and Bute recorded nobody in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, which is the category that includes hotels. The 1 person on asylum support there is recorded in dispersal housing or on subsistence-only support.
Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region Argyll and Bute sits in, under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. The contract covers a whole region rather than a single council, and the Home Office does not publish a council-by-council split of which properties sit under it.
No. 1 of the 1 on support in Argyll and Bute, about 100%, receive subsistence only: a cash payment with no accommodation, usually because they are living with friends or family. The rest are in Home Office accommodation, which covers dispersal housing and hotels.
Quarter-end stock series to Jun 2026. 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.
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1 |
National distribution.
Per 10,000 residents.
Hotel and contingency placements.
Top 6 in Scotland by supported asylum.