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Falkirk

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Euan Stainbank
Euan StainbankLabour · Falkirk
67 people on asylum support in Falkirk

Rank 210 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 4.18 per 10,000 puts Falkirk in the 40th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 2 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 37 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 67 people at £107 per person per day is about £2.6M a year.

What asylum costs Falkirk

£1.5Mestimated hotel costs/year
£171Ksubsistence payments/year
£80KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 67 people on asylum support in Falkirk(0.07% 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.

Falkirk: asylum numbers still rising

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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9865330Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Jun 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20142
Jun 20142
Sept 20141
Dec 20141
Mar 20151
Jun 20151
Sept 20151
Dec 20151
Mar 20161
Jun 20161
Sept 20161
Dec 20161
Mar 20171
Dec 20203
Mar 20213
Jun 20213
Sept 20212
Mar 20222
Jun 20221
Sept 20228
Dec 202212
Mar 202343
Jun 202333
Sept 202347
Dec 202373
Mar 202486
Jun 202489
Sept 202485
Dec 202482
Mar 202584
Jun 202598
Sept 202596
Dec 202598

Trend

+2Latest quarter change
+96Change across series
33Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation28
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only2
Contingency accommodation37

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
67
Homes for Ukraine
134
Afghan programme
5
Resettlement cumulative
104

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine134
Afghan programme5
Resettlement cumulative104

Population context

All pathways total206
Share of local population0.13%
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