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Publication - Statistics

Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2012-13

Published
16 July 2013
ISBN
9781782567608

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2013. 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 2013 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.

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Table 14

Households in temporary accommodation by accommodation type and local authority: 31 March 2013

  Total number of households Number of households with children or pregnant women Total number of children
Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total
Scotland 7,061 1,290 1,170 950 10,471 2,607 51 17 261 2,936 4,398 66 21 362 4,847
Aberdeen City 253 52 19 0 324 56 0 0 0 56 85 0 0 0 85
Aberdeenshire 318 33 92 4 447 182 5 2 3 192 310 8 2 4 324
Angus 139 0 0 0 139 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 5
Argyll & Bute 39 0 1 98 138 14 0 0 30 44 17 0 0 49 66
Clackmannanshire 36 0 49 45 130 17 0 0 6 23 18 0 0 5 23
Dumfries & Galloway 138 63 30 42 273 46 0 0 8 54 80 0 0 14 94
Dundee City 160 146 0 11 317 66 0 0 3 69 123 0 0 4 127
East Ayrshire 13 15 0 0 28 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 3
East Dunbartonshire 138 7 6 10 161 49 0 0 0 49 94 0 0 0 94
East Lothian 223 31 46 0 300 75 0 0 0 75 97 0 0 0 97
East Renfrewshire 32 0 4 0 36 6 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 12
Edinburgh 536 0 304 0 840 238 0 0 0 238 388 0 0 0 388
Eilean Siar 41 0 29 2 72 21 0 1 0 22 30 0 0 0 30
Falkirk 275 0 2 58 335 83 0 0 0 83 117 0 0 0 117
Fife 484 46 35 0 565 206 7 6 0 419 322 6 11 0 339
Glasgow City 1,384 202 108 120 1,814 652 0 0 4 656 1,223 0 0 9 1,232
Highland 127 35 240 75 477 71 12 0 20 103 118 15 0 27 160
Inverclyde 44 28 0 0 72 11 1 0 0 12 16 1 0 0 17
Midlothian 179 22 82 239 522 84 0 2 102 188 117 0 3 127 247
Moray 41 69 0 21 131 17 9 0 8 34 20 14 0 14 48
North Ayrshire 145 34 0 11 190 21 1 0 5 27 23 0 0 5 28
North Lanarkshire 490 15 0 20 525 120 0 0 0 120 225 0 0 0 225
Orkney 27 3 0 3 33 3 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 14
Perth & Kinross 174 160 0 72 406 67 11 0 40 118 122 16 0 52 190
Renfrewshire 198 0 7 0 205 22 0 0 0 22 38 0 0 0 38
Scottish Borders 88 0 1 0 89 25 0 1 0 26 39 0 0 0 39
Shetland 116 0 10 5 131 12 0 1 2 15 18 0 2 3 23
South Ayrshire 157 60 67 14 298 48 1 0 4 53 81 1 0 8 90
South Lanarkshire 506 123 4 21 654 219 1 1 8 229 339 2 1 12 354
Stirling 97 63 13 43 216 19 3 2 13 37 18 3 2 22 45
West Dunbartonshire 221 38 11 13 283 31 0 0 2 33 63 0 0 5 68
West Lothian 242 45 10 23 320 119 0 1 3 123 223 0 0 2 225

Notes
1. Includes local authority and housing association stock.
2. The category 'other' includes mainly private landlords.
Accommodation in 'other' category includes property leased by the local authority to provide temporary accommodation for homeless applicants.

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