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Causeway Coast and Glens

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Dave Doogan
Dave DooganSNP · Angus and Perthshire Glens

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

206 people on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens

Rank 130 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.51 per 10,000 puts Causeway Coast and Glens in the 70th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 127 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 206 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.0M a year.

What asylum costs Causeway Coast and Glens

£4.7Mestimated hotel costs/year
£527Ksubsistence payments/year
£247KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 206 people on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens(0.22% 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.

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.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Dec 202244
Mar 202346
Jun 202372
Sept 2023148
Dec 2023158
Mar 2024157
Jun 2024131
Sept 2024144
Dec 2024167
Mar 2025174
Jun 2025201
Sept 2025214
Dec 2025199

Trend

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

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation79
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation127

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
206
Homes for Ukraine
178
Afghan programme
11
Resettlement cumulative
39

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine178
Afghan programme11
Resettlement cumulative39

Population context

All pathways total395
Share of local population0.28%
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