Scotland

Inverclyde

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Martin McCluskey
Martin McCluskeyLabour · Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
261 people on asylum support in Inverclyde

Rank 115 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 33.23 per 10,000 puts Inverclyde in the 93rd percentile. That means this area carries more asylum seekers per head than 90% of the country. 5 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 102 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 261 people at £107 per person per day is about £10.2M a year.

What asylum costs Inverclyde

£5.9Mestimated hotel costs/year
£667Ksubsistence payments/year
£313KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 261 people on asylum support in Inverclyde(0.28% 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.

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.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Sept 20222
Dec 20221
Mar 202368
Jun 202368
Sept 202387
Dec 2023112
Mar 2024107
Jun 2024136
Sept 2024144
Dec 2024145
Mar 2025150
Jun 2025146
Sept 2025179
Dec 2025175

Trend

-4Latest quarter change
+173Change across series
14Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation154
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only5
Contingency accommodation102

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
261
Homes for Ukraine
94
Afghan programme
140
Resettlement cumulative
128

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine94
Afghan programme140
Resettlement cumulative128

Population context

All pathways total495
Share of local population0.63%