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Fife

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Richard Baker
Richard BakerLabour · Glenrothes and Mid Fife

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Fife.

45 people on asylum support in Fife

Rank 233 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 1.2 per 10,000 puts Fife in the 20th percentile. That means fewer than most areas. 6 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 45 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.8M a year.

What asylum costs Fife

£1.0Mestimated hotel costs/year
£115Ksubsistence payments/year
£54KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 45 people on asylum support in Fife(0.05% 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.

Fife: 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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9630Mar 2018Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20181
Mar 20201
Jun 20202
Sept 20202
Dec 20202
Mar 20211
Sept 20211
Dec 20211
Mar 20222
Jun 20222
Sept 20222
Dec 20222
Mar 20232
Sept 20237
Dec 20233
Mar 20246
Jun 20246
Sept 20246
Dec 20245
Mar 20258
Jun 20258
Sept 20258
Dec 20259

Trend

+1Latest quarter change
+8Change across series
23Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation39
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only6
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
45
Homes for Ukraine
590
Afghan programme
176
Resettlement cumulative
72

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine590
Afghan programme176
Resettlement cumulative72

Population context

All pathways total811
Share of local population0.22%
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