Asylum Accommodation in West Lothian
Source: Home Office, people in receipt of Section 95/98/4 asylum support (dataset Asy_D11), as at 30 June 2026Accommodation breakdown
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in West Lothian by accommodation type, as at 30 June 2026.
| Accommodation type | People | Share of council total |
|---|---|---|
| Contingency hotels | 23 | 74.2% |
| Dispersal accommodation | 5 | 16.1% |
| Initial accommodation | 0 | 0% |
| Other contingency accommodation | 0 | 0% |
| Subsistence only (no accommodation) | 3 | 9.7% |
| Other support | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 31 | 100% |
Copy-ready sentences
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As at 30 June 2026, 23 asylum seekers were housed in hotels in West Lothian, the 90th highest of any UK local authority. Source: Home Office.
As at 30 June 2026, West Lothian was supporting 31 asylum seekers, 0% of the UK total and the 253rd highest of 346 UK local authorities. Source: Home Office.
As at 30 June 2026, 5 asylum seekers were living in dispersal accommodation in West Lothian, the 297th highest of any UK local authority. Source: Home Office.
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Data Limitations & Caveats
- Supported asylum seekers only. Counts are people in receipt of Section 95, Section 98 or Section 4 support. Asylum seekers not receiving Home Office support (for example those staying with family or friends without support) are not counted.
- Snapshot, not flow. Figures are a point-in-time count as at 30 June 2026; they are revised in later quarterly releases.
- "Hotel" means contingency hotel accommodation as categorised by the Home Office. Initial accommodation and other contingency accommodation are separate categories; hotels are reported separately in the published series from December 2022.
- No per-capita adjustment. The table is not adjusted for local authority population, so larger councils naturally tend to rank higher.
- Subsistence only means no accommodation. These people receive cash support but are not housed by the Home Office; they are included in each council's total.
- Missing councils. Local authorities with no supported asylum seekers at the snapshot date do not appear in the published dataset.