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 8d
Action taken by local authorities for applicants assessed as homeless (priority or non-priority), by year of case closure
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority homeless | Non-priority homeless | All homeless | Priority homeless (Note 3) | Non-priority homeless (Note 3) | All homeless | |
| Action taken by local authority | Number | Number | Number | Number | ||
| Social rented tenancy offered: accepted | 63% | 8% | 60% | 62% | 39% | 62% |
| Social rented tenancy offered: not accepted | 7% | 1% | 7% | 7% | 2% | 7% |
| Social rented tenancy offered | 71% | 9% | 67% | 69% | 41% | 69% |
| Private tenancy offered: accepted | 4% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 5% |
| Private tenancy offered: not accepted | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Private tenancy offered | 4% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 5% |
| Temporary accommodation offered: accepted | 5% | 21% | 6% | 6% | 50% | 6% |
| Temporary accommodation offered: not accepted | 1% | 14% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Temporary accommodation offered | 7% | 35% | 8% | 7% | 50% | 7% |
| Referred to other LA | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Advice and assistance | 4% | 39% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Other | 14% | 6% | 14% | 15% | 2% | 15% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Note 1:- Priority and non-priority homeless include applicants assessed as threatened with homelessness.
Note 2:- This table includes cases closed which had been assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness, and where contact had been maintained to duty discharge.
Note 3:- 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. This table is based on the closure date. Some cases may have been assessed as priority need prior to 31st December 2012 but have only had their final rehousing outcome in 2013-14. Hence, cases assessed after this date will include all cases assessed as unintentionally homeless of unintentionally threatened with homelessness.
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