The district has provided accomodation for 35 people in seven homesSam Dimmer East Midlands Head of Brand, Joseph Connolly and Local Democracy Reporter
11:12, 15 Feb 2026
Rushcliffe Borough Council needs to house an additional 150 asylum seekers(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)
Rushcliffe Borough Council still needs to house nearly 150 asylum seekers in order to reach government targets, documents have revealed.
Currently, the district has provided accommodation for 35 individuals across seven homes in West Bridgford, Cotgrave and Radcliffe-on-Trent.
But the current target for the area is 182 individuals across 214 bedspaces – meaning those in charge still need to find places for 147 more people.
The figures were published in documentation being discussed at a Rushcliffe council meeting on January 22, which the public was barred from attending.
It was set up at the request of a local councillor, whose residents had complained about asylum seekers being housed in a detached property on a cul-de-sac amongst families and the elderly.
The point of the meeting was to discuss Rushcliffe’s policy on asylum accommodation and HMOs.
Representatives from the Home Office, which deals with asylum seekers and Serco, which manages asylum properties in the East Midlands, attended the meeting to talk to councillors.
The 182 individuals target is actually a reduction of 58 compared to previous numbers, which ‘reflects government considerations of market conditions, social factors and viability.
The Conservative Government set a national target of 100,000 spaces for asylum seekers in 2023.
The East Midlands has achieved 59% of its asylum accommodation target.
The documents also reveal that the council has been granted £24,000 so far in asylum dispersal funding by the Home Office in the 2025/2026 financial year since April.
This is down on the previous year’s figure of £38,000, but this will increase if the borough takes in any more individuals before the end of March, as it is based on the number of asylum seekers housed.
A Rushcliffe Borough Council spokesperson said: “Asylum accommodation in Nottinghamshire is delivered by private contractor Serco on behalf of the Home Office.
“Rushcliffe’s notional target has seen a reduction from earlier targets, reflecting revised assessments of housing availability, market pressures and social factors.
“All local authorities are required to participate, and allocation targets are set using a range of factors, including local population size, housing market conditions, social impact and overall viability.
“We also work with the East Midlands Councils Strategic Migration Partnership, which looks to balance asylum dispersal alongside other resettlement schemes to mitigate pressure on local services.”