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South Lanarkshire

Updated 31 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn SNP · Aberdeen South

77 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping South Lanarkshire.

261 people housed on asylum support in South Lanarkshire

Rank 116 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.81 per 10,000 puts South Lanarkshire in the 54th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 85 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £14M per year for this area alone.

What asylum costs South Lanarkshire

£5.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£667Ksubsistence payments/year
£313KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 261 people on asylum support in South Lanarkshire (0.24% of 107,003 nationally). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend (2024/25 average, NAO). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person. Nationally, the hotel bill alone costs £62 per taxpayer per year.

South 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.

191
191 127 64 0 Mar 2014 Dec 2025 Peak Dec 2025 Rwanda scheme Albania deal Bibby Stockholm Rwanda scrapped

Trend

+39 Latest quarter change
+185 Change across series
36 Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation 160
Initial accommodation 4
Subsistence only 12
Contingency accommodation 85

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
261
Homes for Ukraine
328
Afghan programme
38
Resettlement cumulative
190

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine 328
Afghan programme 38
Resettlement cumulative 190

Population context

All pathways total 627
Share of local population 0.19%
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