Asylum in Scotland6,587 · 31 March 2026
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Home Office

Asylum claims, Section 95/98/4 support, AASC contracts, full dispersal.

Last reviewed 10 September 2026

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Money out

Home OfficeMears Group
Contract envelope £514m (2019–~2029) — not outturn
Pot: AASC Scotland · Hotels and dispersal housing
PublishedSource: Contracts Finder notice b06c3092 — envelope, not annual cash
Home OfficeMears Group
Scotland-only annual cash not in public FOI logs
Pot: AASC Scotland · Year-by-year payments
GapSource: Released FOI 23 August 2026 — not published
Home OfficeMigrant Help
UK AIRE envelope £235m (Hansard) — not Scotland-only
Pot: AIRE · Advice and issue reporting
PublishedSource: Hansard / Home Office AIRE notices
Home OfficeMitie Care & Custody
~£92.3m contract envelope — not annual outturn
Pot: Detention · Dungavel IRC
PublishedSource: Contracts Finder / BidFinder
Home OfficeSeven published Scottish councils
Move On Grant Scotland £373,694.32 (1 Sep 2024–31 Mar 2025). After grant of status — not AASC, not asylum support. · 2024/25 H2
Pot: Move On Grant
PublishedSource: Home Office Move On Grant funding instruction Annex A

Published money

  • Home Office → Scottish local authorities (7 named)

    £373,694.32 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Aberdeen City

    £42,214.14 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Aberdeenshire

    £32,997.76 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Dundee City

    £21,632.02 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → City of Edinburgh

    £39,304.66 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Glasgow City

    £192,473.73 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Perth and Kinross

    £20,993.66 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → South Lanarkshire

    £24,078.36 · 2024/25

    Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)

    Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A

  • Home Office → Mears Limited

    £514,000,000

    AASC Scotland regional asylum accommodation & support contract (envelope) · envelope, not outturn

    Source: Contracts Finder / GOV.UK / ICIBI AASC Scotland Mears

  • Home Office → Migrant Helpline Ltd t/a Migrant Help

    £235,000,000

    AIRE advice, issue reporting and eligibility (UK national service covering Scotland) · envelope, not outturn · partial

    Source: Contracts Finder AIRE + Hansard UIN 104350 (19 Jan 2026)

  • Home Office → MITIE Care & Custody Ltd

    £92,300,000

    Dungavel House IRC — operational, management and maintenance · envelope, not outturn

    Source: Contracts Finder Dungavel IRC Mitie (BidFinder mirror £92.3m)

  • Home Office → Mears Limited

    £82,000,000 · 2024/25

    AASC Scotland — Home Office estimated annual spend (accounting system extract) · estimate · partial

    Source: NAO — The Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts (May 2025), Figure 2

  • Home Office → Mears Limited

    £600,000,000

    AASC Scotland — revised multi-year contract value estimate (NAO) · envelope, not outturn

    Source: NAO — The Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts (May 2025), Figure 2

  • Not published — not zero

    NOT PUBLISHED — Scotland AASC annual cash by FY

  • Not published — not zero

    NOT PUBLISHED — Annex A LA payment allocations

  • Not published — not zero

    UK invoice totals held; Scotland-only split NOT PUBLISHED

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