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 9b
Applicants assessed as homeless with whom contact was lost after assessment, by year of case closure
| Priority homeless or threatened | Non-priority homeless or threatened | All homeless | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All priority homeless (Note 2) | Contact lost | All non-priority homeless | Contact lost | All homeless | Contact lost | ||||
| Number | Number | % | Number | Number | % | Number | Number | % | |
| 2002-03 | 25,072 | 4,259 | 17.0 | 10,140 | 935 | 9.2 | 35,212 | 5,194 | 14.8 |
| 2003-04 | 27,852 | 3,957 | 14.2 | 10,822 | 1,094 | 10.1 | 38,674 | 5,051 | 13.1 |
| 2004-05 | 29,007 | 5,950 | 20.5 | 10,175 | 1,628 | 16.0 | 39,182 | 7,578 | 19.3 |
| 2005-06 | 31,684 | 5,962 | 18.8 | 10,613 | 1,610 | 15.2 | 42,297 | 7,572 | 17.9 |
| 2006-07 | 31,455 | 5,906 | 18.8 | 9,953 | 1,578 | 15.9 | 41,408 | 7,484 | 18.1 |
| 2007-08 | 30,354 | 5,658 | 18.6 | 8,433 | 1,335 | 15.8 | 38,787 | 6,993 | 18.0 |
| 2008-09 | 33,691 | 5,516 | 16.4 | 7,162 | 1,090 | 15.2 | 40,853 | 6,606 | 16.2 |
| 2009-10 | 35,724 | 4,888 | 13.7 | 6,460 | 671 | 10.4 | 42,184 | 5,559 | 13.2 |
| 2010-11 | 35,755 | 5,182 | 14.5 | 5,381 | 533 | 9.9 | 41,136 | 5,715 | 13.9 |
| 2011-12 | 34,280 | 4,851 | 14.2 | 3,344 | 353 | 10.6 | 37,624 | 5,204 | 13.8 |
| 2012-13 | 31,279 | 4,349 | 13.9 | 1,698 | 188 | 11.1 | 32,977 | 4,537 | 13.8 |
| 2013-14 | 29,264 | 4,346 | 14.9 | 55 | 11 | 20.0 | 29,319 | 4,357 | 14.9 |
Note 1:- Priority and non-priority homeless include applicants 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. 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 or unintentionally threatened with homelessness.
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Email: Andrew Waugh or Ian Morton
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