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North Lanarkshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty BlackmanSNP · Aberdeen North

81 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping North Lanarkshire.

267 people on asylum support in North Lanarkshire

Rank 111 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.76 per 10,000 puts North Lanarkshire in the 56th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 12 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 267 people at £107 per person per day is about £10.4M a year.

What asylum costs North Lanarkshire

£6.0Mestimated hotel costs/year
£683Ksubsistence payments/year
£320KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 267 people on asylum support in North Lanarkshire(0.29% 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 Lanarkshire: 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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13087430Mar 2018Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20182
Jun 20182
Sept 20182
Dec 20182
Mar 20192
Sept 20193
Dec 20193
Mar 20203
Jun 20207
Sept 20207
Dec 20207
Mar 20218
Jun 20218
Sept 20214
Dec 20211
Mar 20221
Jun 20221
Sept 20221
Dec 20223
Mar 20233
Jun 20237
Sept 202321
Dec 202323
Mar 202439
Jun 202439
Sept 202447
Dec 202455
Mar 202567
Jun 202595
Sept 202595
Dec 2025130

Trend

+35Latest quarter change
+128Change across series
31Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation255
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only12
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
267
Homes for Ukraine
234
Afghan programme
50
Resettlement cumulative
31

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine234
Afghan programme50
Resettlement cumulative31

Population context

All pathways total551
Share of local population0.16%
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