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South Lanarkshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Stephen Flynn
Stephen FlynnSNP · Aberdeen South

77 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping South Lanarkshire.

269 people on asylum support in South Lanarkshire

Rank 109 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 8.05 per 10,000 puts South Lanarkshire in the 57th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 12 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 89 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 269 people at £107 per person per day is about £10.5M a year.

What asylum costs South Lanarkshire

£6.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£688Ksubsistence payments/year
£323KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 269 people on asylum support in South 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.

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.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20146
Jun 20143
Sept 20143
Dec 20143
Mar 20154
Jun 20154
Sept 20154
Dec 20154
Mar 20164
Jun 20165
Sept 20164
Dec 20164
Mar 20174
Jun 20204
Sept 20204
Dec 20205
Mar 20215
Jun 20215
Sept 20214
Dec 20213
Mar 202212
Jun 20223
Sept 202210
Dec 20225
Mar 202361
Jun 202368
Sept 202378
Dec 202390
Mar 202467
Jun 202495
Sept 2024103
Dec 2024110
Mar 2025113
Jun 2025143
Sept 2025152
Dec 2025191

Trend

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

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation163
Initial accommodation5
Subsistence only12
Contingency accommodation89

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
269
Homes for Ukraine
345
Afghan programme
38
Resettlement cumulative
190

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine345
Afghan programme38
Resettlement cumulative190

Population context

All pathways total652
Share of local population0.2%
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