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Renfrewshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Blair McDougall
Blair McDougallLabour · East Renfrewshire

4 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Renfrewshire.

133 people on asylum support in Renfrewshire

Rank 163 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.03 per 10,000 puts Renfrewshire in the 53rd percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 11 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 67 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 133 people at £107 per person per day is about £5.2M a year.

What asylum costs Renfrewshire

£3.0Mestimated hotel costs/year
£340Ksubsistence payments/year
£160KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 133 people on asylum support in Renfrewshire(0.14% 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.

Renfrewshire: 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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Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20141
Jun 20141
Sept 20142
Dec 20142
Mar 20152
Jun 20152
Sept 20152
Dec 20154
Mar 20163
Jun 20163
Sept 20162
Dec 20164
Mar 20174
Jun 20174
Sept 20174
Dec 20173
Mar 20185
Jun 20185
Sept 20183
Mar 20191
Jun 20191
Mar 20202
Jun 20205
Sept 20205
Dec 20206
Mar 20216
Jun 20212
Sept 20215
Dec 20216
Mar 20224
Jun 20224
Sept 20226
Dec 202247
Mar 202389
Jun 202391
Sept 2023220
Dec 2023174
Mar 202480
Jun 202488
Sept 202487
Dec 202474
Mar 202573
Jun 202588
Sept 202598
Dec 2025113

Trend

+15Latest quarter change
+112Change across series
45Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation52
Initial accommodation3
Subsistence only11
Contingency accommodation67

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
133
Homes for Ukraine
149
Afghan programme
80
Resettlement cumulative
191

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine149
Afghan programme80
Resettlement cumulative191

Population context

All pathways total362
Share of local population0.19%
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