Who is paid?

The contractor first, then published cash, then unit rates — which are not cash. Home Office and Scottish Government pots stay separate.

Published envelope — not outturn

Mears Group · AASC Scotland

Envelope

£514m

Original contract notice 2019–~2029. NAO latest estimate £0.6bn. Still not one year’s cash.

2024/25 estimate

£82m

Home Office estimate cited by NAO (May 2025). Not audited. Not a full year-by-year series.

Gap

Year-by-year £

Copy the FOI ask

Mears is the Home Office asylum accommodation contractor for Scotland. Group UK revenue is not a Scotland invoice. Envelope is not outturn. The £82m is an estimate of one year — do not invent 2019/20–2023/24 from it.

Source: Contracts Finder AASC Scotland notice (£514m). NAO, The Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts, May 2025, Figure 2 (£82m estimate; £0.6bn latest envelope).

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Published cash

Move On Grant — Scotland

£373,694.32

1 Sep 2024 – 31 Mar 2025

Glasgow City£192,473.73
Aberdeen City£42,214.14
City of Edinburgh£39,304.66
Aberdeenshire£32,997.76
South Lanarkshire£24,078.36
Dundee City£21,632.02
Perth and Kinross£20,993.66

Move-on after grant of status. Separate pot from AASC and from asylum support.

Source: Home Office Move On Grant funding instruction, Annex A

Published cash · App2 A&A

SLAB immigration and asylum

£14,300,000

Advice & Assistance / ABWOR accounts paid 2024/25 · 9,541 cases · average £1,499

16,316 intimations — not the same as cases, not people. App5 combined net is £14,380,000. Civil legal aid on the same category is £371,000 (113 cases) — not added into the A&A headline.

Year	Intimations	A&A paid	Civil LA	App5 net
2024/25	16,316	£14,300,000	£371,000	£14,380,000
2023/24	16,328	£11,992,000	£470,000	£12,030,000
2022/23	12,652	£10,390,000	£451,000	£10,479,000
2021/22press FOI	—	£9,958,000	—	—

One published civil category: Immigration and asylum. App2 A&A/ABWOR accounts paid £14.3m is the headline cash line; App5 combined net is £14.380m. Intimations are not accounts-paid cases and not people. Civil legal aid (the smaller line) is not added into the A&A headline. Not Home Office hotel money.

Source: SLAB Annual Report 2024–25 Appendix 2 and Appendix 5; 2022/23 from Appendix 2 2023/24 prior-year column; 2021/22 A&A is a secondary press FOI, not the primary appendix

Published cash — do not add

Criminal legal aid by person status

£948,000

694 grants · 2024/25 · Glasgow firms 346 grants, £346,766

2020/21 was £261,000. Criminal legal aid to persons designated asylum seeker / refugee / no status. Not an immigration casework category. Do not add to the civil Immigration and asylum pot.

Source: Released SLAB FOIs on criminal legal aid by person status

Civil totals — not immigration-tagged

SRC-listed firms in SLAB earnings

30 entries on the SRC legal representatives page (July 2026). Civil £ below is all civil work. Immigration-and-asylum £ by firm is not held.

Firm	Office	Civil ex VAT	Total inc VAT
Maguire Solicitors (Singh & Hussain Ltd)SRC list; overall Top 20 rank 1. Civil-dominated.	Glasgow	£1,863,000	£2,000,000
Latta & Co SolicitorsSRC list; overall Top 20 rank 6. Civil-dominated.	Glasgow	£1,556,000	£1,681,000
Katani & CoSRC list; overall Top 20 rank 17. Civil-dominated.	Glasgow	£961,000	£1,042,000
Drummond Miller LLPSRC list (Glasgow office).	Edinburgh/Glasgow	£911,000	£1,119,000
McGlashan MacKay SolicitorsSRC list. Not in overall Top 20.	Glasgow	£800,000	£851,000
Rea Law LtdSRC list.	Glasgow	£764,000	£797,000
No Borders Law (Leia Ltd)SRC list. VAT column 0 in print.	Glasgow	£619,000	£619,000
Rutherford Sheridan LtdSRC list; overall Top 20 rank 13.	Glasgow	£571,000	£1,149,000
Jones Whyte Law LtdSRC list.	Edinburgh/Glasgow	£462,000	£509,000
Mukhtar LegalSRC list as Mukhtar & Co. Civil from firm-earnings note.	Glasgow	£234,000	—
AJ Bradley & CoSRC list.	Glasgow	£225,000	£232,000
Damir Duheric SolicitorsSRC list as D. Duheric & Co. Civil from firm-earnings note.	Edinburgh	£108,000	—
Meliora SolicitorsSRC list as Meliora Legal. Civil from firm-earnings note.	Glasgow	£95,000	—
Berlow Rahman Hassan LtdSRC list as Berlow Rahman Solicitors. Civil from firm-earnings note.	Glasgow	£88,000	—
JustRight Scotland LLPSRC list. Law-centre style; not a private Top 20.	Glasgow/Edinburgh	£80,000	£83,000
CCMC t/a Chung SolicitorsSRC list as Chung & Rea Solicitors. Civil from firm-earnings note.	Glasgow	£65,000	—
Andrews Immigration SolicitorsName contains immigration. Small SLAB total. Not assumed to be the whole immigration pot.	Not printed	£28,000	£28,000

Scottish Refugee Council legal representatives page. Law Society + SLAB registered, SRC says not an endorsement. Two Ethnic Minorities Law Centre offices are listed separately. Spend is only shown where a firm also appears in SLAB firm earnings. A blank earnings row is not zero (threshold £25k; name variants).

Source: SLAB Firm earnings 2024/25; https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/legal-respresentatives/

Survey — not audited outturn

COSLA NRPF support cost

£5,400,000

2024/25 · 1,729 supported cases · 1,867 referrals

Accommodation£2,744,380
Staffing£1,415,312
Subsistence£924,787
Legal£101,179
Other£232,073

Year series: 2021/22 £5,900,000 · 2022/23 £8,300,000 · 2023/24 £6,400,000 · 2024/25 £5,400,000

COSLA survey of local authority NRPF support, published February 2026. Aggregate Scotland only — no council-level table. Undercount caveat. 2025/26 is not published.

Source: COSLA survey of local authority NRPF support

Published nil

Moray — Asylum Grant 395

Adult Asylum Grant 395 not held / never received. UASC funding was received but not under Grant 395.

A published nil for this grant at this council is not a zero for other councils.

11 June 2026 · Source: Moray Council FOI response, 11 June 2026

Inclusion Funds — New Scots support

Published awards — not outturn

Scottish Government Inclusion and Community Cohesion — Inclusion Funds

£1,069,116

via Inspiring Scotland · awarded 1 April 2025 · 10 organisations · New Scots support

The Welcoming Association, EdinburghCity of Edinburgh · to 31 Mar 2027£273,000
Bridges ProgrammesGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£213,116
Glasgow Afghan UnitedGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£164,000
Maryhill Integration NetworkGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£120,000
Freedom from TortureGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£80,000
British Red CrossRenfrewshire · to 31 Mar 2027£70,000
Mental Health FoundationGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2026£60,000
Govan Community ProjectGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£50,000
Community InfoSourceGlasgow City · to 31 Mar 2027£20,000
Forth Valley WelcomeStirling · to 31 Mar 2027£19,000

Published GrantNav awards dated 1 April 2025. Award is not outturn. Not Home Office. Not added to SRC New Scots core, AMIF/NSRIDP or SWISS-FM. Mental Health Foundation’s printed end date is 31 Mar 2026; the others print 31 Mar 2027.

Source: 360Giving / GrantNav Inspiring Scotland Inclusion Funds rows, 24 August 2026

Every sourced line

41 lines from the public papers. Each is tagged envelope, estimate, award, cash, or not published. Pots stay separate — this table is not a Scotland total. Envelope is not outturn. A gap row is missing, not zero.

Payer → payee	Amount	Period	Pot	Type
Home Office → Scottish local authorities (7 named)Move On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£373,694.32	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → Aberdeen CityMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£42,214.14	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → AberdeenshireMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£32,997.76	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → Dundee CityMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£21,632.02	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → City of EdinburghMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£39,304.66	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → Glasgow CityMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£192,473.73	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → Perth and KinrossMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£20,993.66	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → South LanarkshireMove On Grant — retrospective support after grant of status (Annex A)Published Annex A; separate from AASC / asylum dispersal grant. Scotland total sums the 7 LA rows.Source: Move On Grant Funding Instruction Annex A	£24,078.36	2024/25	Move On Grant	cash
Home Office → Mears LimitedAASC Scotland regional asylum accommodation & support contract (envelope)Envelope ≠ outturn. Awarded 8 Jan 2019; ~10 years from Sep 2019. ICIBI p102 confirms Scotland £514m. Do NOT treat as cash paid.Source: Contracts Finder / GOV.UK / ICIBI AASC Scotland Mears	£514,000,000	—	HO AASC Scotland contract envelope	envelope
Home Office → Migrant Helpline Ltd t/a Migrant HelpAIRE advice, issue reporting and eligibility (UK national service covering Scotland)UK national contract. No published Scotland MI cash split. Scotland share = GAP.Source: Contracts Finder AIRE + Hansard UIN 104350 (19 Jan 2026)	£235,000,000	—	HO AIRE advice	envelopepartial
Home Office → MITIE Care & Custody LtdDungavel House IRC — operational, management and maintenanceEnvelope/award value, not annual outturn. Derwentside separate. HO £25k Mitie ≠ Dungavel-only.Source: Contracts Finder Dungavel IRC Mitie (BidFinder mirror £92.3m)	£92,300,000	—	Dungavel IRC	envelope
Home Office → Mears LimitedAASC Scotland annual cash paid to Mears by financial yearYear-by-year cash paid to Mears for AASC in Scotland is not published. Group accounts and Home Office £25k transparency are UK or multi-region (Mears covers Scotland plus North East / Yorkshire and Humber plus Northern Ireland). Do not invent a year from the envelope.Source: D7 Mears annual report / HO £25k (UK only) — no Scotland FY series	NOT PUBLISHED — Scotland AASC annual cash by FY	2019/20–latest	HO AASC Scotland annual cash	not published
Home Office → Scottish local authoritiesAsylum Grant / dispersal grant actual £ by Scottish LA (Annex A)Annex A not published with FI PDFs. Do NOT multiply tariff × Asy_D11 headcount.Source: Asylum dispersal grant funding instruction (Annex A separate attachment)	NOT PUBLISHED — Annex A LA payment allocations	2025/26 and 2026/27	Asylum dispersal grant to LAs	not published
Home Office → (various — Mears/Mitie/Migrant Help UK)HO transparency spend ≥£25k — Scotland-tagged linesUK invoice totals for Mears, Mitie and Migrant Help are published. A Scotland-only split is not. Do not treat those UK invoices as Scotland cash.Source: HO £25k filtered rollup (UK-invoice caveat)	UK invoice totals held; Scotland-only split NOT PUBLISHED	2020–2023	HO £25k transparency	not published
Scottish Government → Scottish Refugee CouncilIntegration Support Service (SWISS-FM) — committed contract priceDelivery 1 Oct 2025–Mar 2028; option +2 years. Distinct from PCS max £14.4m.Source: SG FOI 202500493316	£8,000,000	2025/26–2027/28	SG New Scots grants	committed — not outturn
Scottish Government → Scottish Refugee CouncilSWISS-FM PCS maximum envelope (incl extension option)PCS: 14400000 is maximum spend for entire duration, not a fixed price. Do not add to £8m.Source: PCS JUL535714 Contract Award Notice	£14,400,000	—	SG New Scots grants	envelope
Scottish Government (AMIF / NSRIDP) → 55 projects / 51 organisations (named in analysis PDF)New Scots Refugee Integration Delivery Project (AMIF) — grant envelopePer-project £ NOT in PDF (bands £5k/£25k/£115k). Wider AMIF FOI £6.6m separate — do not add.Source: NSRIDP funded projects analysis (gov.scot)	£2,775,219	—	EU / IOM / ENS / UNHCR / AMIF Scotland	envelope
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum category)Civil A&A/ABWOR immigration and asylum accounts paid (App2 table 2.13)Combined immigration & asylum. Firm-level immigration £ NOT HELD. Do not add to App5.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 2 — 2024/25	£14,300,000	2024/25	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum category)Civil A&A/ABWOR immigration and asylum accounts paid (App2 table 2.13)Combined immigration & asylum. Firm-level immigration £ NOT HELD. Do not add to App5.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 2 — 2023/24	£11,992,000	2023/24	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum category)Civil A&A/ABWOR immigration and asylum accounts paid (App2 table 2.13)Combined immigration & asylum. Firm-level immigration £ NOT HELD. Do not add to App5.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 2 — 2022/23	£10,390,000	2022/23	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum combined A&A+CLA)Combined net cost immigration & asylum (App5 table 5.1)App5 net after income. Overlaps App2 — do not sum both series.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 5 — 2024/25	£14,380,000	2024/25	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum combined A&A+CLA)Combined net cost immigration & asylum (App5 table 5.1)App5 net after income. Overlaps App2 — do not sum both series.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 5 — 2023/24	£12,030,000	2023/24	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish Legal Aid Board → Legal aid firms (immigration & asylum combined A&A+CLA)Combined net cost immigration & asylum (App5 table 5.1)App5 net after income. Overlaps App2 — do not sum both series.Source: SLAB Annual Report Appendix 5 — 2022/23	£10,479,000	2022/23	Legal aid immigration	cash
Scottish local authorities (aggregate) → NRPF support recipientsCOSLA survey — total LA NRPF support cost (Scotland aggregate)Aggregate only; no council-level table. Under-reporting caveat. NRPF ≠ HO asylum support.Source: COSLA survey of LA NRPF support	£5,900,000	2021/22	Council local asylum-related spend	cash
Scottish local authorities (aggregate) → NRPF support recipientsCOSLA survey — total LA NRPF support cost (Scotland aggregate)Aggregate only; no council-level table. Under-reporting caveat. NRPF ≠ HO asylum support.Source: COSLA survey of LA NRPF support	£8,300,000	2022/23	Council local asylum-related spend	cash
Scottish local authorities (aggregate) → NRPF support recipientsCOSLA survey — total LA NRPF support cost (Scotland aggregate)Aggregate only; no council-level table. Under-reporting caveat. NRPF ≠ HO asylum support.Source: COSLA survey of LA NRPF support	£6,400,000	2023/24	Council local asylum-related spend	cash
Scottish local authorities (aggregate) → NRPF support recipientsCOSLA survey — total LA NRPF support cost (Scotland aggregate)Aggregate only; no council-level table. Under-reporting caveat. NRPF ≠ HO asylum support.Source: COSLA survey of LA NRPF support	£5,400,000	2024/25	Council local asylum-related spend	cash
Glasgow City Council → Emergency / temporary accommodation providersEstimated emergency accommodation cost (Housing Emergency) — homelessness TANOT HO asylum hotels (Glasgow Asy_D11 hotel=0). A later press figure of £67.8m for 2025/26 is not used here. It is secondary. The published Housing Emergency figure on this card is £53.4m for 2023/24–2024/25. That spend is not Home Office hotel money. Glasgow’s published HO hotel stock is zero.Source: GCC Housing Emergency submission to Scottish Parliament (2024)	£53,400,000	2023/24–2024/25	Council local asylum-related spend	estimatepartial
The National Lottery Community Fund (via Reaching New Scots / SRC partnership) → 34 organisations across ScotlandReaching New Scots Fund Phase 2 — awards to 34 organisationsActual awards total. Distinct from £1.5m wider partnership envelope.Source: SRC Stage-2 Report Designing Reaching New Scots Fund	£799,896.41	2022/23–2023/24	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	cash
The National Lottery Community Fund → Participating in the Funding Process partnership (Phase 1+2)NLCF Participating in the Funding Process partnership envelope£1.5m ≠ £800k. Do not add to Phase 2 awards.Source: SRC Reaching New Scots	£1,500,000	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	envelope
The National Lottery Community Fund → Asylum and Refugee Care (AARC) SCIONew Scots: Community Connection ProjectNamed NLCF award from ledger sample. Award amount; not verified as cash outturn.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-a0rP200000K2s0rIAB	£20,000	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Best Way Community DevelopmentBridge to New ScotsNamed NLCF award from ledger sample. Award amount; not verified as cash outturn.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-a0rP200000Ak9CKIAZ	£81,257	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Independent Advocacy Perth & Kinross LimitedNew Scots Collective Independent Advocacy GroupNamed NLCF award from ledger sample. Award amount; not verified as cash outturn.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-a0rP200000fdqQdIAI	£65,619	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) SCIOFree Mobility for Glasgow New ScotsNamed NLCF award from ledger sample. Award amount; not verified as cash outturn.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-a0rP200000Am40SIAR	£20,000	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Scottish Refugee CouncilImproving lives of refugees - Scottish Refugee Integration ServiceHistoric NLCF award to SRC. Award ≠ OSCR total income.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-0031038292	£1,328,692	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Scottish Refugee CouncilJoining a New Community - Holistic Integration ServiceHistoric NLCF award to SRC. Award ≠ OSCR total income.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-0030074367	£1,994,711	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
The National Lottery Community Fund → Scottish Refugee CouncilSeparated Children Guardianship in Scotland pilotHistoric NLCF award to SRC. Award ≠ OSCR total income.Source: GrantNav 360G-tnlcomfund-0030102090	£507,252	—	National Lottery / Inclusion Funds	award
NHS boards (Scotland) → NHS inclusion / migrant health named board spendPrefer gap over inventing.Source: Ledger F11 / ALEO papers — no hits	NOT HELD — no named board migrant-health £ line in the papers we hold	—	NHS inclusion / migrant health	not published
Scottish Government → SG ESOL / education named awardsNSRIDP language projects named but £ bands only.Source: NSRIDP analysis (language theme) + F10 Budget L3	NOT HELD as isolated ESOL cash line the papers we hold	—	SG ESOL / education	not published
Home Office → Mears LimitedAASC Scotland — Home Office estimated annual spend (accounting system extract)NAO: annual spend data from HO accounting system are estimates; NAO has not audited extraction; excludes large-sites spend. NOT a full FY series 2019/20–. Do not invent other years from this.Source: NAO — The Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts (May 2025), Figure 2	£82,000,000	2024/25	HO AASC Scotland annual cash	estimatepartial
Home Office → Mears LimitedAASC Scotland — revised multi-year contract value estimate (NAO)Original estimate was £0.5bn (11%); latest £0.6bn (4% of all regions). Envelope ≠ annual outturn. CF notice still shows £514m original award.Source: NAO — The Home Office’s asylum accommodation contracts (May 2025), Figure 2	£600,000,000	—	HO AASC Scotland contract envelope	envelope

Named NSRIDP projects

51 projects named in the New Scots Refugee Integration Delivery Project list. Project-level pounds are not published. The programme envelope is a separate cash line — we do not divide it across these names.

Project	Lead	Theme
Common Ground	Centre For Contemporary Arts	Arts
Dumfries International Street Food Festival	Massive Outpouring of Love (MOOL)	Arts
Family Art Club	Scrap Antics C.I.C	Arts
In the Frames	Ignite Theatre	Arts
Music Connects	Music Broth	Arts
Pen Pal Project	Renfrewshire Leisure Limited	Arts
Refugee Community Integration Project (RCIP)	West Of Scotland	Arts
Salaam Weekend Club Project	Edinburgh City Mission	Arts
Serve2020	Zoom Club… Zooming Out - Glenburn Independent Baptist Church	Arts
Transforming & Creating Employment Through Sports	Universal Football Club	Arts
Active Citizens Class for Women	Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd	Communities
Changing the Narrative	Media Education CIC	Communities
Faithful Welcome	Faith In Community (Scotland)	Communities
Glasgow UASC co	housing Safeguarding project - Glasgow City Health and Social	Communities
Moments of Freedom	Outside The Box Development Support Limited	Communities
Our Rights, Our Communities	Govanhill Baths Community Trust	Communities
Porridge & Play Castlemilk and Porridge & Play East End	Licketyspit Limited	Communities
SIYAKHULUMA We Talk Podcast	Castlemilk Baptist Church	Communities
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Peer Flat Mates project	Glasgow City	Communities
Unknown Lives	World Spirit Theatre	Communities
Young minds	Kurdish women Community Group	Communities
Digital Library	TinCat CIC	Digital Inclusion
Entrepreneur Through Creativity & Innovation	Turn Flicks	Digital Inclusion
Get New Scots Digital	Safe In Scotland	Digital Inclusion
New Scots Digital Inclusion Project (DIP)	Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd	Digital Inclusion
Staying connected	Refuweegee	Digital Inclusion
The Welcoming “3Ds Project” (Digital Diversity and Development),	The	Digital Inclusion
Building skills for construction certification	Dundee City Council	Employability
Childcare Future	Saheliya Steering Group	Employability
Financial Accessibility and Inclusivity: Refugee Community in Scotland	Al-	Employability
Integrated communities: Employment and training support	West of Scotland	Employability
Caring and sharing: psycho	social support for refugees - Jasmine and Thistle	Health
Enkula Refugee Health Project	Enkula Wellness Hub C.I.C	Health
New Scots	Addressing Mental Health (AMH) - Youth Community Support Agency	Health
Women and Asylum Seeker Housing Project (WASH)	Community Infosource	Housing
‫ﺳﻭﺍ‬Sawa	Argyll and Bute Council	Language
Building Roots Ayrshire	The Conservation Volunteers	Language
Creative Writing Classes	Pollokshields Development Agency	Language
Cross Ethnic Back To Work Project	Cross Ethnic	Language
Driving and Employability in remote rural Regions	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Language
ESOL for Employability	Midlothian Council	Language
ESOL: Beyond the classroom	East Lothian Works	Language
Glasgow’s Learning Refugee Language and Integration Project	Culture and Sport	Language
Initial Language Assessment and Advice for New Scots in Glasgow	City of	Language
New Scot Youth Educational Project	Glasgow Afghan United	Language
New Scots Get Connected (Get Connected)	Inverclyde Council	Language
Serve 2020	Reading and learning together - Glenburn Independent	Language
Settling in in Glasgow South	Castlemilk Baptist Church	Language
Supportive Communities Teens	Inverclyde Community Development Trust	Language
Teaching English as a foreign language at Sunday youth club	The Spartans	Language
East Glasgow Asylum Support Outreach	Govan Community Project	Legal

Source: Scottish Government, New Scots Refugee Integration Delivery Project funded projects analysis. Amount per project: not published.

Rates are not cash

These are published unit costs. We do not multiply them by headcount. Annex A (each council’s cash) is not published. A later-year UKRS tariff is not Year 1 cash.

Not cash

Asylum dispersal grant

£1,200

per occupied bedspace at the prior 30 March baseline · 2025–26 and 2026–27

£100

per month per extra occupied bedspace above that baseline

£1,200 per occupied bedspace at the prior 30 March baseline, plus £100 per month per additional bedspace. Annex A naming each council's cash is not published. Do not multiply Scotland headcount by the tariff.

Source: Home Office asylum dispersal grant funding instruction

Not cash

UASC grant rates

£143

per eligible child per night · 2025/26

NTS within 2 working days: £10,000; one-off · 1 Jun–30 Sep 2025
NTS within 5 working days: £5,000; one-off · 14 Apr–30 Nov 2025

UASC grant rates. Looked-after stock is published separately (380 at 31 July 2025). Rates are not a Scotland cash line. Do not multiply stock by the nightly rate.

Source: Home Office UASC funding instructions 2025 to 2026. Looked-after stock is on How many?.

Not cash

UK Resettlement Scheme tariffs · 2025/26

Separate from asylum support. Year 1 is by age. Years 2–5 are a flat rate per refugee. Not cash paid to Scotland.

Band	Tariff
Year 1 · adult (benefit claimant or other)	£8,520
Year 1 · children 5–18	£13,020
Year 1 · children 3–4	£10,770
Year 1 · children under 3	£8,520
Year 2 · flat rate per refugee	£5,000
Year 3 · flat rate per refugee	£3,700
Year 4 · flat rate per refugee	£2,300
Year 5 · flat rate per refugee	£1,000

Published unit costs for local authorities. Not cash paid to Scotland. Do not multiply headcount by the tariff. Years 2–5 are a flat rate per refugee.

Source: UK resettlement programmes funding instruction 2025 to 2026

All published rates (17) — not cash

Baseline occupied bedspaces (DA/ODA/IA/CA) as at 30 Mar 2025NOT cash. Annex A allocations not published. Do not multiply by headcount.£1,200 GBP per asylum seeker (single annual payment)
Additional occupied bedspace above 30 Mar 2025 baselineNOT cash. Annex A allocations not published. Do not multiply by headcount.£100 GBP per month per additional bedspace
Baseline occupied bedspaces (DA/ODA/IA/CA) as at 30 Mar 2026NOT cash. Annex A allocations not published. Do not multiply by headcount.£1,200 GBP per asylum seeker (single annual payment by 30 Jun 2026)
Additional occupied bedspace above 30 Mar 2026 baselineNOT cash. Annex A allocations not published. Do not multiply by headcount.£100 GBP per month per additional bedspace
UASC nightly rate per eligible childPublished rate; NOT cash paid.£143 GBP per night
UASC NTS incentive — transfer within 2 working days1 Jun–30 Sep 2025 window.£10,000 GBP one-off
UASC NTS incentive — transfer within 5 working days14 Apr–30 Nov 2025 window.£5,000 GBP one-off
UKRS Year 1 — Adult Benefit ClaimantTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£8,520 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 1 — Other AdultsTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£8,520 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 1 — Children 5-18Tariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£13,020 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 1 — Children 3-4Tariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£10,770 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 1 — Children U-3Tariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£8,520 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 2 — flat rate per refugeeTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£5,000 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 3 — flat rate per refugeeTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£3,700 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 4 — flat rate per refugeeTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£2,300 GBP tariff rate
UKRS Year 5 — flat rate per refugeeTariff ≠ cash paid to Scottish LAs. Resettlement separate from asylum support.£1,000 GBP tariff rate
UASC funding rate per child per nightTariff only — do not multiply by headcount as published spend£143 GBP per child per night

A simple trail

Payer to payee. Each arrow is a published line or a labelled gap. Pots stay separate.

Home OfficeMears· AASC envelope; 2024/25 £82m estimate; year-by-year still a gap
Home OfficeMigrant Help· AIRE UK envelope — not Scotland-only
Home OfficeMitie· Dungavel envelope — not annual outturn
Home OfficeSeven councils· Move On Grant — published
Scottish GovernmentScottish Refugee Council· New Scots named lines
Scottish GovernmentInspiring Scotland· Inclusion Funds awards
SLABFirms· Immigration A&A totals — firm tag is a gap

Organisation trails

UK government

Home Office

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

Contract envelope £514m (2019–~2029)

Has gap

Scottish Government

New Scots strategy, devolved integration funding. Does not run HO hotels.

£7.64m (New Scots core lines on record)

Local government

COSLA

Local government voice. New Scots partner. Migration Scotland.

Migration / New Scots related grants

Contractor

Mears Group

HO AASC provider for Scotland. Hotels and dispersal. Not a charity. Parent 07227311; Scotland housing vehicle Mears Scotland (Housing) Limited SC363693 (subsidiary existence is not a Scotland cash line).

Contract envelope £514m (2019–~2029)

Has gap

Contractor

Migrant Help

HO AIRE contractor — advice for people on asylum support.

UK AIRE envelope £235m (Hansard)

Contractor

Mitie Care & Custody

Operates Dungavel IRC — Scotland's only immigration removal centre.

~£92.3m contract envelope (Contracts Finder / BidFinder)

Charity / NGO

Scottish Refugee Council

National refugee charity. Formal New Scots partner. Refugee Support Service.

£7.64m across published New Scots core lines

Charity / NGO

British Red Cross

Family reunion and integration grants under New Scots. UK charity — UK income is not a Scotland asylum line.

Standing integration + family reunion lines

Charity / NGO

Bridges Programmes

Employability and integration; long-running New Scots standing grant.

£106,558 / year

Charity / NGO

Glasgow ESOL Partnership

Large ESOL delivery under New Scots in Glasgow.

£747,200 (2025/26 on record)

Legal

JustRight Scotland

Specialist legal centres including refugee & migrant work. On the SRC legal representatives list.

Printed SLAB firm fees £83k inc VAT 2024/25 (civil £80k ex VAT). All civil work

Legal

Ethnic Minorities Law Centre

Immigration and asylum advice in Glasgow and Edinburgh. On the SRC legal representatives list.

Not found in SLAB firm earnings ≥£25k table under this name. Blank is not zero

Has gap

Legal

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Funds civil legal aid for the published combined category Immigration and asylum in Scotland. Not a Home Office contractor.

App2 A&A/ABWOR accounts paid £14.3m in 2024/25 (9,541 cases, avg £1,499). 16,316 inti…

Has gap

International

IOM United Kingdom

Immigration advice partnerships with COSLA and local authorities.

Partnership funding via COSLA model

International

European Network on Statelessness

Scotland toolkit / training under New Scots-related funding.

£10,000 toolkit line

Funder

National Lottery Community Fund

Independent funder of refugee integration projects.

Reaching New Scots partnership envelope £1.5m. SRC disbursed £799,896.41 in Phase 2

Charity / NGO

Govan Community Project

Local Glasgow advocacy and casework.

£150k class lines (multi-year)

Charity / NGO

Aberlour Child Care Trust

Guardianship Scotland partner. Whole-charity income is not a Guardianship cash line.

Whole-charity income £32,489,000 YE 31 Mar 2025. Guardianship caseload / cash split i…

Funder

Inspiring Scotland

Intermediary for Scottish Government Inclusion Funds. The 1 April 2025 New Scots support awards are grants, not outturn.

Inclusion Funds 2025–27: £1,069,116 awarded 1 April 2025 to 10 organisations for New …

Charity / NGO

The Welcoming Association

Edinburgh New Scots integration. Inclusion Funds award is not whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £273,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn.

Charity / NGO

Glasgow Afghan United

Glasgow Afghan community organisation. Inclusion Funds award is not OSCR whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £164,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn.

Charity / NGO

Maryhill Integration Network

Glasgow integration network. Inclusion Funds award is not OSCR whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £120,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn.

Charity / NGO

Freedom from Torture

UK torture-survivor charity. The Glasgow Inclusion Funds award is not UK whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £80,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn. Not UK …

Charity / NGO

Community InfoSource

Glasgow information and support. Inclusion Funds award is not whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £20,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn.

Charity / NGO

Forth Valley Welcome

Stirling-area New Scots welcome. Inclusion Funds award is not whole-charity income.

Inclusion Funds award £19,000 (1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2027). Award, not outturn.

Figures from published papers 10 September 2026. Mears UK invoice rows in the HO £25k series are not a Scotland cash line. SWISS-FM committed £8m and PCS max £14.4m are different figures. See Coverage for every major pot.

All organisations What is missing?