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Publication - Consultation paper

Ministerial Statement for modifying local connection referrals: consultation

Published
3 August 2020
Topic
Communities and third sector, Housing, Public sector
ISBN
9781839609343

This consultation invites views on a Statement for exercising the power of Scottish Ministers, under Section 33 (B) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, to modify the operation of local connection referrals between local authorities in Scotland.

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Section 4: Statistical Data Tables on Local Connection Referrals

Percentage of applicants referred to another local authority for closed applications assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness.

Financial year of case closure
2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019
Applicant referred to other LA (under 87 Act) All Applicant referred to other LA (under 87 Act) All Applicant referred to other LA (under 87 Act) All
Aberdeen City 5 1460 25 1700 15 1675
Aberdeenshire 5 1110 10 990 15 1205
Angus 5 655 5 755 5 740
Argyll & Bute 0 480 0 485 5 445
Clackmannanshire 5 495 0 480 5 570
Dumfries & Galloway 5 875 5 920 5 890
Dundee City 5 1280 5 1335 5 1485
East Ayrshire 0 515 0 610 5 825
East Dunbartonshire 5 515 5 440 0 430
East Lothian 5 715 5 840 0 765
East Renfrewshire 0 315 5 320 0 280
Edinburgh 30 3265 25 2960 25 3035
Eilean Siar 0 135 0 145 0 135
Falkirk 10 1060 5 1035 10 1100
Fife 10 2410 15 2380 15 2525
Glasgow City 5 5785 5 5190 5 5610
Highland 0 985 0 1110 10 1230
Inverclyde 0 230 0 185 0 205
Midlothian 10 445 10 570 5 670
Moray 0 580 0 560 0 525
North Ayrshire 0 735 5 985 0 1010
North Lanarkshire 5 1895 10 2005 15 2505
Orkney 0 90 0 135 0 100
Perth & Kinross 0 1060 5 995 5 1010
Renfrewshire 0 715 5 850 0 880
Scottish Borders 5 655 10 645 5 790
Shetland 0 145 0 140 0 135
South Ayrshire 5 705 0 740 10 825
South Lanarkshire 10 2060 10 1995 10 2020
Stirling 5 615 5 565 5 590
West Dunbartonshire 5 1085 5 1080 0 990
West Lothian 5 1150 5 1450 5 1595
All 145 34225 190 34600 185 36795
Financial year of case closure
2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019
Aberdeen City 0.3% 1.5% 0.9%
Aberdeenshire 0.5% 1.0% 1.2%
Angus 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%
Argyll & Bute 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
Clackmannanshire 1.0% 0.0% 0.9%
Dumfries & Galloway 0.6% 0.5% 0.6%
Dundee City 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
East Ayrshire 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
East Dunbartonshire 1.0% 1.1% 0.0%
East Lothian 0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
East Renfrewshire 0.0% 1.6% 0.0%
Edinburgh 0.9% 0.8% 0.8%
Eilean Siar 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Falkirk 0.9% 0.5% 0.9%
Fife 0.4% 0.6% 0.6%
Glasgow City 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Highland 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Inverclyde 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Midlothian 2.2% 1.8% 0.7%
Moray 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
North Ayrshire 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
North Lanarkshire 0.3% 0.5% 0.6%
Orkney 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Perth & Kinross 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
Renfrewshire 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
Scottish Borders 0.8% 1.6% 0.6%
Shetland 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
South Ayrshire 0.7% 0.0% 1.2%
South Lanarkshire 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
Stirling 0.8% 0.9% 0.8%
West Dunbartonshire 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
West Lothian 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
All 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%

Local connection by local authority for applications assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness

Financial year of assessment
2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019
Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All
Aberdeen City 905 30 525 1460 1060 20 660 1740 1055 25 540 1620
Aberdeenshire 1015 10 15 1040 1045 15 25 1080 1120 15 20 1155
Angus 715 10 15 740 745 5 0 750 685 15 5 700
Argyll & Bute 475 0 0 475 520 0 0 520 445 0 0 445
Clackmannanshire 470 0 5 475 530 0 5 535 535 5 10 550
Dumfries & Galloway 775 25 15 815 815 10 15 840 910 5 5 920
Dundee City 1260 0 0 1260 1390 0 0 1390 1460 0 0 1460
East Ayrshire 570 15 0 585 595 5 5 600 795 20 0 815
East Dunbartonshire 520 10 0 530 440 5 0 445 385 0 0 390
East Lothian 745 0 15 760 750 5 35 790 750 5 40 790
East Renfrewshire 310 5 5 320 310 5 0 320 305 5 0 315
Edinburgh 2775 30 665 3470 2435 20 850 3300 2750 15 605 3365
Eilean Siar 135 5 0 140 120 5 10 135 130 5 5 140
Falkirk 1140 0 0 1140 1105 0 0 1105 1030 0 0 1030
Fife 2415 20 25 2460 2365 25 20 2410 2550 30 25 2605
Glasgow City 4835 450 270 5555 4635 410 165 5210 4925 640 150 5720
Highland 920 25 245 1195 770 45 300 1115 765 35 435 1235
Inverclyde 235 0 5 240 180 0 15 200 165 5 30 195
Midlothian 515 0 0 515 555 5 0 560 490 5 0 490
Moray 565 10 5 580 525 10 0 535 540 15 5 560
North Ayrshire 760 0 0 760 1035 0 0 1035 1030 0 0 1030
North Lanarkshire 1870 15 5 1890 2085 10 5 2100 2360 20 5 2385
Orkney 120 0 5 125 115 10 0 125 120 5 0 130
Perth & Kinross 680 5 200 880 825 5 145 975 765 5 190 955
Renfrewshire 750 5 5 760 860 5 5 870 835 5 5 850
Scottish Borders 675 5 10 690 685 5 5 700 745 5 5 750
Shetland 115 0 0 115 120 0 0 120 110 0 0 115
South Ayrshire 540 10 155 705 785 10 0 795 795 15 5 810
South Lanarkshire 1990 0 0 1990 2000 0 0 2000 1925 10 0 1935
Stirling 565 20 50 640 560 25 25 610 560 35 40 635
West Dunbartonshire 1145 5 0 1150 1045 5 0 1055 1035 5 0 1040
West Lothian 1340 0 0 1340 1550 0 0 1550 1485 10 0 1495
All 31855 705 2235 34795 32550 675 2295 35520 33560 945 2135 36640

 

Financial year of assessment
2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019
Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All Local connection with this LA Local connection with another LA No local connection with any LA All
Aberdeen City 62% 2% 36% 100% 61% 1% 38% 100% 65% 2% 33% 100%
Aberdeenshire 98% 1% 1% 100% 97% 1% 2% 100% 97% 1% 2% 100%
Angus 97% 1% 2% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100% 98% 2% 1% 100%
Argyll & Bute 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100%
Clackmannanshire 99% 0% 1% 100% 99% 0% 1% 100% 97% 1% 2% 100%
Dumfries & Galloway 95% 3% 2% 100% 97% 1% 2% 100% 99% 1% 1% 100%
Dundee City 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100%
East Ayrshire 97% 3% 0% 100% 99% 1% 1% 100% 98% 2% 0% 100%
East Dunbartonshire 98% 2% 0% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100% 99% 0% 0% 100%
East Lothian 98% 0% 2% 100% 95% 1% 4% 100% 95% 1% 5% 100%
East Renfrewshire 97% 2% 2% 100% 97% 2% 0% 100% 97% 2% 0% 100%
Edinburgh 80% 1% 19% 100% 74% 1% 26% 100% 82% 0% 18% 100%
Eilean Siar 96% 4% 0% 100% 89% 4% 7% 100% 93% 4% 4% 100%
Falkirk 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100%
Fife 98% 1% 1% 100% 98% 1% 1% 100% 98% 1% 1% 100%
Glasgow City 87% 8% 5% 100% 89% 8% 3% 100% 86% 11% 3% 100%
Highland 77% 2% 21% 100% 69% 4% 27% 100% 62% 3% 35% 100%
Inverclyde 98% 0% 2% 100% 90% 0% 8% 100% 85% 3% 15% 100%
Midlothian 100% 0% 0% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100% 100% 1% 0% 100%
Moray 97% 2% 1% 100% 98% 2% 0% 100% 96% 3% 1% 100%
North Ayrshire 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100%
North Lanarkshire 99% 1% 0% 100% 99% 0% 0% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100%
Orkney 96% 0% 4% 100% 92% 8% 0% 100% 92% 4% 0% 100%
Perth & Kinross 77% 1% 23% 100% 85% 1% 15% 100% 80% 1% 20% 100%
Renfrewshire 99% 1% 1% 100% 99% 1% 1% 100% 98% 1% 1% 100%
Scottish Borders 98% 1% 1% 100% 98% 1% 1% 100% 99% 1% 1% 100%
Shetland 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 96% 0% 0% 100%
South Ayrshire 77% 1% 22% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100% 98% 2% 1% 100%
South Lanarkshire 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100%
Stirling 88% 3% 8% 100% 92% 4% 4% 100% 88% 6% 6% 100%
West Dunbartonshire 100% 0% 0% 100% 99% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100%
West Lothian 100% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 100% 99% 1% 0% 100%
All 92% 2% 6% 100% 92% 2% 6% 100% 92% 3% 6% 100%

Contact

Email: Homelessness_External_Mail@gov.scot

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