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Dundee City

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Chris Law
Chris LawSNP · Dundee Central
78 people on asylum support in Dundee City

Rank 194 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 5.26 per 10,000 puts Dundee City in the 45th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 22 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 78 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.0M a year.

What asylum costs Dundee City

£1.8Mestimated hotel costs/year
£199Ksubsistence payments/year
£94KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 78 people on asylum support in Dundee City(0.08% 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.

Dundee City: 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
Mar 201411
Jun 201411
Sept 201411
Dec 20146
Mar 20159
Jun 201514
Sept 201511
Dec 201515
Mar 201610
Jun 20169
Sept 20168
Dec 20168
Mar 20178
Jun 20178
Sept 20178
Dec 20178
Mar 20189
Jun 20189
Sept 201811
Dec 20186
Mar 20197
Jun 20196
Sept 20193
Dec 20193
Mar 20203
Jun 20202
Sept 20202
Dec 20202
Mar 20211
Jun 20211
Sept 20211
Dec 20211
Mar 20225
Jun 20227
Sept 202211
Dec 20229
Mar 20239
Jun 20239
Sept 202379
Dec 2023108
Mar 2024108
Jun 2024118
Sept 2024140
Dec 2024136
Mar 2025112
Jun 2025154
Sept 2025160
Dec 202532

Trend

-128Latest quarter change
+21Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation56
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only22
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
78
Homes for Ukraine
191
Afghan programme
16
Resettlement cumulative
207

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine191
Afghan programme16
Resettlement cumulative207

Population context

All pathways total285
Share of local population0.19%
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