Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2013-14
This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2014. 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 2014 are also presented.
Table 11
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
| Jul - Sep 2013 | Oct - Dec 2013 | Jan - Mar 2014 | Jul 2013 to Mar 2014 | July 2013 to March2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closed this quarter (Note 1) (A1) |
Assessed under the Housing Support regulations (note 2) (B1) |
Support provided under the Housing Support regulations (note 3) (C1) |
Closed this quarter (Note 1) (A2) |
Assessed under the Housing Support regulations (note 2) (B2) |
Support provided under the Housing Support regulations (note 3) (C2) |
Closed this quarter (Note 1) (A3) |
Assessed under the Housing Support regulations (note 2) (B3) |
Support provided under the Housing Support regulations (note 3) (C3) |
Closed (Note 1) (A1+A2+A3) (A) |
Assessed under the Housing Support regulations (note 2) (B1+B2+B3) (B) |
Support provided under the Housing Support regulations (note 3) (C1+C2+C3) (C) |
Proportion of those closed who were assessed (B/A) |
Proportion of those assessed who had support provided (C/B) |
|
| Scotland | 7,285 | 2,638 | 1,288 | 6,779 | 1,554 | 1,193 | 6,504 | 1,529 | 1,316 | 20,568 | 5,721 | 3,797 | 28% | 66% |
| Aberdeen City | 225 | 122 | 80 | 142 | 77 | 57 | 101 | 38 | 38 | 468 | 237 | 175 | 51% | 74% |
| Aberdeenshire | 260 | 51 | 32 | 210 | 52 | 39 | 217 | 43 | 43 | 687 | 146 | 114 | 21% | 78% |
| Angus | 127 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 100% |
| Argyll & Bute | 80 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| Clackmannanshire | 78 | 16 | 11 | 75 | 15 | 8 | 97 | 16 | 15 | 250 | 47 | 34 | 19% | 72% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 177 | 78 | 67 | 155 | 65 | 55 | 146 | 66 | 57 | 478 | 209 | 179 | 44% | 86% |
| Dundee City | 290 | 176 | 80 | 369 | 120 | 89 | 303 | 116 | 94 | 962 | 412 | 263 | 43% | 64% |
| East Ayrshire | 50 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 138 | 100 | 98 | 72% | 98% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 89 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 100% |
| East Lothian | 104 | 23 | 4 | 100 | 9 | 5 | 119 | 15 | 15 | 323 | 47 | 24 | 15% | 51% |
| East Renfrewshire | 63 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 25 | 18 | 68 | 27 | 27 | 205 | 61 | 49 | 30% | 80% |
| Edinburgh | 953 | 938 | 204 | 978 | 218 | 98 | 932 | 195 | 128 | 2,863 | 1,351 | 430 | 47% | 32% |
| Eilean Siar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 3% | 50% |
| Falkirk | 213 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 2 | 1 | 615 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 75% |
| Fife | 540 | 22 | 4 | 441 | 41 | 8 | 479 | 18 | 9 | 1,460 | 81 | 21 | 6% | 26% |
| Glasgow City | 1,261 | 639 | 385 | 1,420 | 493 | 434 | 1,266 | 552 | 482 | 3,947 | 1,684 | 1,301 | 43% | 77% |
| Highland | 273 | 9 | 0 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 689 | 10 | 1 | 1% | 10% |
| Inverclyde | 48 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 122 | 29 | 20 | 24% | 69% |
| Midlothian | 92 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| Moray | 25 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 79 | 29 | 27 | 37% | 93% |
| North Ayrshire | 133 | 3 | 2 | 136 | 33 | 27 | 106 | 31 | 30 | 375 | 67 | 59 | 18% | 88% |
| North Lanarkshire | 361 | 132 | 106 | 256 | 88 | 87 | 311 | 101 | 99 | 928 | 321 | 292 | 35% | 91% |
| Orkney | 23 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 9 | 9 | 15% | 100% |
| Perth & Kinross | 220 | 110 | 73 | 177 | 83 | 64 | 114 | 66 | 65 | 511 | 259 | 202 | 51% | 78% |
| Renfrewshire | 174 | 20 | 5 | 116 | 14 | 6 | 148 | 26 | 19 | 438 | 60 | 30 | 14% | 50% |
| Scottish Borders | 127 | 27 | 16 | 102 | 7 | 4 | 106 | 8 | 8 | 335 | 42 | 28 | 13% | 67% |
| Shetland | 46 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| South Ayrshire | 169 | 4 | 3 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 440 | 5 | 4 | 1% | 80% |
| South Lanarkshire | 484 | 194 | 160 | 405 | 112 | 112 | 380 | 104 | 104 | 1,269 | 410 | 376 | 32% | 92% |
| Stirling | 68 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 175 | 16 | 14 | 9% | 88% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 229 | 8 | 1 | 206 | 5 | 2 | 219 | 4 | 1 | 654 | 17 | 4 | 3% | 24% |
| West Lothian | 286 | 17 | 14 | 216 | 19 | 10 | 205 | 28 | 13 | 707 | 64 | 37 | 9% | 58% |
Notes
Note 1: These are cases assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and closed during the quarter.
Note 2: The duty to assess the need for housing support is relevant to every applicant assessed by the local authority as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and who the local authority has reason to believe would benefit from housing support services as prescribed in regulations (see paragraph 12, Part 1 of the guidance).
Note 3: The number of cases where housing support was provided following an assessment under the Housing Support Services (Homelessness)(Scotland) Regulations 2012.
Note 4: Small numbers in column B may indicate that the local authorities was unable to put in place the necessary IT changes in order to report this information. As a result, the local authority may have been carrying out a housing support assessment under the regulations but not reported this in the HL1 dataset.
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