Scotland

Stirling

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Corrections log
Chris Kane
Chris KaneLabour · Stirling and Strathallan
6 people on asylum support in Stirling

Rank 318 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 0.64 per 10,000 puts Stirling in the 14th percentile. That means fewer than 86% of areas. Accommodation and support for 6 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.2M a year.

What asylum costs Stirling

£135Kestimated hotel costs/year
£15Ksubsistence payments/year
£7KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 6 people on asylum support in Stirling(0.01% 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.

How many asylum seekers are in Stirling?

6 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in Stirling at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 318th of 361 UK local authorities. It counts people on support at that date, which is not the number who claimed asylum there and not the number waiting for a decision.

How many asylum seekers per 10,000 people are in Stirling?

0.64 per 10,000 residents, which places Stirling in the 14th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries fewer per head than 86% of the country. Rate is the fair comparison between areas, because a large city carries more people than a small district at the same pressure per head.

Are there asylum hotels in Stirling?

Not on the published figures. Stirling recorded nobody in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, which is the category that includes hotels. The 6 people on asylum support there are recorded in dispersal housing or on subsistence-only support.

Who houses asylum seekers in Stirling?

Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region Stirling sits in, under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. The contract covers a whole region rather than a single council, and the Home Office does not publish a council-by-council split of which properties sit under it.

Stirling: asylum numbers still rising

Quarter-end stock series to Jun 2026. 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.

6
6420Sept 2014Jun 2026Peak Jun 2026
Exact values
PeriodValue
Sept 20141
Dec 20141
Mar 20151
Jun 20151
Sept 20151
Dec 20151
Mar 20161
Jun 20161
Sept 20161
Dec 20161
Mar 20171
Sept 20181
Dec 20181
Mar 20191
Dec 20242
Sept 20251
Dec 20255
Mar 20265
Jun 20266

Trend

+1Latest quarter change
+5Change across series
19Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation6
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
6
Homes for Ukraine
245
Afghan programme
94
Resettlement cumulative
48

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine245
Afghan programme94
Resettlement cumulative48

Population context

All pathways total345
Share of local population0.37%