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Scottish Borders

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
38 people on asylum support in Scottish Borders

Rank 245 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 3.25 per 10,000 puts Scottish Borders in the 35th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 38 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.5M a year.

What asylum costs Scottish Borders

£858Kestimated hotel costs/year
£97Ksubsistence payments/year
£46KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 38 people on asylum support in Scottish Borders(0.04% 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.

Scottish Borders: 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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241680Sept 2023Dec 2025Peak Jun 2025Bibby Stockholm
Exact values
PeriodValue
Sept 20232
Dec 20243
Mar 202513
Jun 202524
Sept 202523
Dec 202524

Trend

+1Latest quarter change
+22Change across series
6Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation38
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
38
Homes for Ukraine
251
Afghan programme
8
Resettlement cumulative
40

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine251
Afghan programme8
Resettlement cumulative40

Population context

All pathways total297
Share of local population0.25%
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