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Stirling

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
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 most 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.

Stirling: 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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5320Sept 2014Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025
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

Trend

+4Latest quarter change
+4Change across series
17Official 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%
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