The following table shows the number of asylum seekers who were supported in accommodation, in Scotland by parliamentary constituency, as at end of September 2009. These figures exclude unaccompanied asylum-seeking children supported by local authorities and those in initial accommodation.
The breakdown of immigration statistics by parliamentary constituency is available from the Library of the House. Information on asylum is published annually and quarterly. Annual statistics for 2008 and the latest statistics for Q3 2009 are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html
Parliamentary constituency name4 Number Edinburgh North and Leith * Glasgow Central 275 Glasgow East 245 Glasgow North 140 Glasgow North East 1,055 Glasgow North West 400 Glasgow South 195 Glasgow South West 340 Scotland total 2,650 1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5 with “*” = 1 or 2. Figures may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. 2 Excludes unaccompanied asylum-seeking children supported by local authorities, estimated as less than 50 in Scotland in September 2009. 3 Excludes those in initial accommodation, 75 in Scotland as at the end of September 2009. 4 Only those parliamentary constituencies where dispersed cases are resident are shown.