Trend
-4 Latest quarter change
+173 Change across series
14 Official data points
Inverclyde
Martin McCluskey
212 people housed on asylum support in Inverclyde
Rank 137 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 26.88 per 10,000 puts Inverclyde in the 87th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 102 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £12M per year for this area alone.
What asylum costs Inverclyde
£4.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£542Ksubsistence payments/year
£254KLA dispersal grant/year
Estimates based on 212 people on asylum support in Inverclyde (0.20% 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.
Inverclyde: 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.
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 108
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 2
Contingency accommodation 102
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 89
Afghan programme 140
Resettlement cumulative 128
Population context
All pathways total 441
Share of local population 0.56%
Full demographic profile
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National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
212 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
26.88 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
102 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in Scotland by supported asylum.