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Northern Ireland

Causeway Coast and Glens

Updated 31 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Dave Doogan
Dave Doogan SNP · Angus and Perthshire Glens

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Causeway Coast and Glens.

200 people housed on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens

Rank 144 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.09 per 10,000 puts Causeway Coast and Glens in the 67th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 109 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £11M per year for this area alone.

What asylum costs Causeway Coast and Glens

£3.9Mestimated hotel costs/year
£511Ksubsistence payments/year
£240KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 200 people on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens (0.19% of 107,003 nationally). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend (2024/25 average, NAO). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person. Nationally, the hotel bill alone costs £62 per taxpayer per year.

Causeway Coast and Glens: asylum numbers falling

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.

199
214 143 71 0 Dec 2022 Dec 2025 Peak Sept 2025 Albania deal Bibby Stockholm Rwanda scrapped

Trend

-15 Latest quarter change
+155 Change across series
13 Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation 88
Initial accommodation 3
Subsistence only 0
Contingency accommodation 109

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
200
Homes for Ukraine
176
Afghan programme
11
Resettlement cumulative
39

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine 176
Afghan programme 11
Resettlement cumulative 39

Population context

All pathways total 387
Share of local population 0.27%
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