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South Lanarkshire

Scotland — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

261
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
160
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
85
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
85
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
12
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

South Lanarkshire ranks #117 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 4% of Scotland's supported caseload. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

261030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 6830 Sep 2023 — 7831 Dec 2023 — 9031 Mar 2024 — 6730 Jun 2024 — 9530 Sep 2024 — 10331 Dec 2024 — 11031 Mar 2025 — 11330 Jun 2025 — 14330 Sep 2025 — 15231 Dec 2025 — 19131 Mar 2026 — 261
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in South Lanarkshire, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 284% since 30 Jun 2023.

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, South Lanarkshire has received 190 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 2 of them in the last four published quarters.

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census context is unavailable: the 2021 census covered England and Wales only — Scotland ran its own census. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

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