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Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12
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.
Table 10: Types of accommodation occupied during application by year of case closure: Scotland
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority homeless | Non-priority homeless | Assessed as not homeless | Lost contact, withdrew | All assessments | Priority homeless | Non-priority homeless | Assessed as not homeless | Lost contact, withdrew | All assessments | |
| Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | Number of cases | |
| All cases closed | 35,590 | 5,367 | 3,630 | 10,715 | 55,302 | 34,045 | 3,314 | 3,035 | 7,354 | 47,748 |
| No information supplied on types of accommodation occupied | 5,546 | 675 | 410 | 2,072 | 8,703 | 5,228 | 523 | 346 | 1,452 | 7,549 |
| Accommodation arranged by the applicant only | 11,783 | 2,760 | 2,510 | 6,037 | 23,090 | 10,566 | 1,246 | 2,035 | 3,853 | 17,700 |
| Temporary accommodation provided by the local authority | 14,579 | 1,542 | 553 | 2,017 | 18,691 | 15,198 | 1,333 | 536 | 1,644 | 18,711 |
| Both accommodation arranged by the applicant and temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority | 3,682 | 390 | 157 | 589 | 4,818 | 3,053 | 212 | 118 | 405 | 3,788 |
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