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Argyll and Bute

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'HaraSNP · Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
1 people on asylum support in Argyll and Bute

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 most 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.

What asylum costs Argyll and Bute

£23Kestimated hotel costs/year
£3Ksubsistence payments/year
£1KLA dispersal grant/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.

Argyll and Bute: asylum numbers holding steady

Quarter-end stock series to Sept 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.

1
1100Sept 2025Sept 2025Peak Sept 2025
Exact values
PeriodValue
Sept 20251

Trend

n/aLatest quarter change
+0Change across series
1Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation0
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
1
Homes for Ukraine
227
Afghan programme
93
Resettlement cumulative
148

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine227
Afghan programme93
Resettlement cumulative148

Population context

All pathways total321
Share of local population0.37%
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