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West Dunbartonshire

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllisterLabour · West Dunbartonshire

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping West Dunbartonshire.

49 people on asylum support in West Dunbartonshire

Rank 231 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 5.55 per 10,000 puts West Dunbartonshire in the 46th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 7 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 49 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.9M a year.

What asylum costs West Dunbartonshire

£1.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£125Ksubsistence payments/year
£59KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 49 people on asylum support in West Dunbartonshire(0.05% 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.

West Dunbartonshire: 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
Sept 20141
Mar 20233
Jun 20234
Sept 20234
Dec 202313
Mar 202414
Jun 202413
Sept 202413
Dec 202418
Mar 202525
Jun 202527
Sept 202526
Dec 202539

Trend

+13Latest quarter change
+38Change across series
13Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation42
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only7
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
49
Homes for Ukraine
39
Afghan programme
48
Resettlement cumulative
136

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine39
Afghan programme48
Resettlement cumulative136

Population context

All pathways total136
Share of local population0.15%
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