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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 B: Household type and characteristics of main applicant: Scotland: 2011-12
| Main applicant | All households | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household type | Male 16-17 | Male 18-20 | Male 21-24 | Male 25-64 | Male 65+ | Female 16-17 | Female 18-20 | Female 21-24 | Female 25-59 | Female 60+ | |
| Single person male | 923 | 2,027 | 2,690 | 12,240 | 309 | 18,189 | |||||
| Single person female | 1,244 | 1,904 | 1,588 | 4,617 | 389 | 9,742 | |||||
| Single parent male | 25 | 108 | 432 | 2,462 | 5 | 3,032 | |||||
| Single parent female | 198 | 834 | 1,561 | 5,040 | 7 | 7,640 | |||||
| Couple without children | 27 | 134 | 196 | 512 | 46 | 82 | 227 | 195 | 387 | 47 | 1,853 |
| Couple with children | 5 | 48 | 121 | 677 | 3 | 26 | 138 | 265 | 744 | 2 | 2,029 |
| Other household without children | 6 | 30 | 27 | 165 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 509 | 33 | 859 |
| Other household with children | 1 | 3 | 3 | 163 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 616 | 5 | 820 |
| All main applicants | 987 | 2,350 | 3,469 | 16,219 | 377 | 1,574 | 3,136 | 3,656 | 11,913 | 483 | 44,164 |
This table is analysed by households.
The HL1 dataset records individual homelessness applications. Applications are defined as coming from the same household if they have been:
- linked to another application, and:
- the adult members and family circumstances are
- the same in both applications.
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