Publication - Statistics

Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12

Published: 26 June 2012
ISBN: 9781780459011

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2012. It includes information on the characteristics of applicant households, local authority assessments and the action taken in respect of cases that were concluded. Snapshot data on households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2012 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.

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Table 6a: Homeless assessments by local authority area in each year

	All Homeless	Priority homeless		All Homeless	Priority homeless		All Homeless	Priority homeless
	2009-10			2010-11			2011-12
	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%	Number	Number	%
Scotland	43,554	37,258	86	41,958	36,845	88	35,515	32,243	91
Aberdeen City	1,855	1,580	85	2,033	1,677	82	1,221	1,039	85
Aberdeenshire	1,271	1,108	87	1,387	1,246	90	1,232	1,080	88
Angus	937	937	100	990	990	100	961	961	100
Argyll & Bute	682	570	84	626	559	89	449	404	90
Clackmannanshire	564	481	85	585	512	88	534	497	93
Dumfries & Galloway	955	770	81	910	832	91	774	745	96
Dundee City	1,704	1,688	99	1,335	1,335	100	1,252	1,252	100
East Ayrshire	670	620	93	666	600	90	549	487	89
East Dunbartonshire	488	394	81	465	398	86	443	371	84
East Lothian	949	573	60	938	593	63	682	462	68
East Renfrewshire	265	218	82	242	198	82	202	195	97
Edinburgh	4,645	3,814	82	4,537	3,757	83	4,310	3,551	82
Eilean Siar	158	121	77	158	132	84	134	94	70
Falkirk	1,879	1,685	90	1,774	1,486	84	1,024	925	90
Fife	2,727	2,039	75	3,193	2,701	85	2,713	2,321	86
Glasgow City	8,073	7,279	90	7,392	6,792	92	6,297	6,066	96
Highland	1,857	1,514	82	1,728	1,498	87	1,092	951	87
Inverclyde	377	354	94	384	369	96	323	318	98
Midlothian	555	454	82	536	474	88	693	634	91
Moray	664	476	72	502	366	73	371	371	100
North Ayrshire	877	802	91	672	656	98	626	626	100
North Lanarkshire	2,315	1,887	82	1,917	1,557	81	1,647	1,303	79
Orkney	85	79	93	98	97	99	102	102	100
Perth & Kinross	794	656	83	969	899	93	792	770	97
Renfrewshire	1,010	965	96	974	951	98	964	964	100
Scottish Borders	684	480	70	645	466	72	399	389	97
Shetland	155	106	68	147	127	86	155	143	92
South Ayrshire	678	584	86	674	612	91	694	667	96
South Lanarkshire	2,451	2,100	86	2,323	2,006	86	1,958	1,786	91
Stirling	617	542	88	473	448	95	392	391	100
West Dunbartonshire	1,263	1,234	98	1,187	1,164	98	1,161	1,161	100
West Lothian	1,350	1,148	85	1,498	1,347	90	1,369	1,217	89

Note:- All homeless and priority homeless assessment decisions include households assessed as threatened with homelessness

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