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Midlothian

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Kirsty McNeill
Kirsty McNeillLabour (Co-op) · Midlothian
79 people on asylum support in Midlothian

Rank 193 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.87 per 10,000 puts Midlothian in the 57th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 2 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 79 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.1M a year.

What asylum costs Midlothian

£1.8Mestimated hotel costs/year
£202Ksubsistence payments/year
£95KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 79 people on asylum support in Midlothian(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.

Midlothian: 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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241680Mar 2019Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania deal
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20191
Jun 20192
Sept 20192
Dec 20192
Mar 20201
Jun 20201
Sept 20201
Dec 20201
Mar 20211
Jun 20212
Sept 20212
Dec 20215
Mar 20222
Jun 20222
Sept 20221
Dec 20221
Mar 20231
Jun 20231
Mar 20255
Jun 20255
Sept 202512
Dec 202524

Trend

+12Latest quarter change
+23Change across series
22Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation70
Initial accommodation7
Subsistence only2
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
79
Homes for Ukraine
130
Afghan programme
44
Resettlement cumulative
32

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine130
Afghan programme44
Resettlement cumulative32

Population context

All pathways total253
Share of local population0.25%
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