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North Ayrshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Irene Campbell
Irene CampbellLabour · North Ayrshire and Arran

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping North Ayrshire.

82 people on asylum support in North Ayrshire

Rank 191 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 6.13 per 10,000 puts North Ayrshire in the 48th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 3 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 82 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.2M a year.

What asylum costs North Ayrshire

£1.9Mestimated hotel costs/year
£210Ksubsistence payments/year
£98KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 82 people on asylum support in North Ayrshire(0.09% 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.

North Ayrshire: 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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5537180Mar 2022Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20221
Jun 20221
Sept 20221
Dec 20221
Mar 20231
Jun 20231
Sept 202312
Dec 202318
Mar 202421
Jun 202420
Sept 202425
Dec 202427
Mar 202536
Jun 202532
Sept 202533
Dec 202555

Trend

+22Latest quarter change
+54Change across series
16Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation79
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only3
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
82
Homes for Ukraine
188
Afghan programme
34
Resettlement cumulative
232

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine188
Afghan programme34
Resettlement cumulative232

Population context

All pathways total304
Share of local population0.23%
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