Trend
-4 Latest quarter change
+199 Change across series
46 Official data points
Perth and Kinross
Pete Wishart
122 people housed on asylum support in Perth and Kinross
Rank 168 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.9 per 10,000 puts Perth and Kinross in the 54th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 118 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £7M per year for this area alone.
What asylum costs Perth and Kinross
£2.4Mestimated hotel costs/year
£312Ksubsistence payments/year
£146KLA dispersal grant/year
Estimates based on 122 people on asylum support in Perth and Kinross (0.11% of 107,003 nationally). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend (2024/25 average, NAO). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person. 2 known hotel sites in this area. Nationally, the hotel bill alone costs £62 per taxpayer per year.
Perth and Kinross: 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 1
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 3
Contingency accommodation 118
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 499
Afghan programme 45
Resettlement cumulative 9
Population context
All pathways total 666
Share of local population 0.43%
Full demographic profile
School pressure, housing demand, service demand scoring, economic profile, language projections, and more on UK Demographics.
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National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
122 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
7.9 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
118 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in Scotland by supported asylum.