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 6d
Assessment decision by applicant household type - Scotland: 2012-13 and 2013-14
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority homeless | Non-priority homeless | Assessed as not homeless | Lost contact, withdrew etc | All Assessments | Homeless (Note 2) | Non-priority homeless | Assessed as not homeless | Lost contact, withdrew etc | All assessments | |
| All | 30,791 | 1,370 | 2,156 | 5,842 | 40,159 | 29,326 | 0 | 1,720 | 5,313 | 36,359 |
| Single Person: male | 12,682 | 1,026 | 837 | 2,865 | 17,410 | 13,077 | 0 | 739 | 2,778 | 16,594 |
| Single Parent: male | 2,070 | 0 | 109 | 262 | 2,441 | 1,339 | 0 | 82 | 170 | 1,591 |
| Single Person: female | 6,364 | 254 | 470 | 1,302 | 8,390 | 6,127 | 0 | 344 | 1,176 | 7,647 |
| Single Parent: female | 5,549 | 0 | 381 | 798 | 6,728 | 5,035 | 0 | 288 | 642 | 5,965 |
| Couple | 1,260 | 70 | 95 | 209 | 1,634 | 1,141 | 0 | 68 | 195 | 1,404 |
| Couple with Children | 1,593 | 0 | 140 | 205 | 1,938 | 1,403 | 0 | 96 | 166 | 1,665 |
| Other | 1,273 | 20 | 124 | 201 | 1,618 | 1,204 | 0 | 103 | 186 | 1,493 |
Note 1:- All homeless and priority homeless assessment decisions include households assessed as threatened with homelessness.
Note 2:- In November 2012 the Scottish Parliament approved the Homelessness (Abolition of Priority Need Test) (Scotland) Order 2012. This meets the homelessness commitment and ensures that from 31st December 2012 onwards, local authorities no longer apply the priority need test to homeless households.
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