Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2011)

Statistics relating to the operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011, also including households in temporary accommodation as at 31 December 2011.


Table 11 - Local Authority action by assessment decision: April to September 2011

Action taken by local authority Assessment Decision All
Priority unintentional Priority intentional Non-priority Not homeless Lost contact/ withdrew/ ineligible/ resolved
  Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Social rented tenancy offered: accepted 9,114 55 94 13 75 4 28 2 - - 9,311 37
Social rented tenancy offered: not accepted 1,380 8 16 2 20 1 7 0 - - 1,423 6
Private tenancy offered: accepted 523 3 26 3 151 8 7 0 - - 707 3
Private tenancy offered: not accepted 8 0 1 0 3 0 - 0 - - 12 0
Temporary accommodation offered: accepted 663 4 166 22 348 19 87 5 - - 1,264 5
Temporary accommodation offered: not accepted 181 1 78 10 337 18 69 4 - - 665 3
Referred to other LA 123 1 - 0 1 0 - 0 - - 124 0
Advice and assistance 388 2 178 24 607 33 1,040 61 - - 2,213 9
Other 1,889 11 107 14 103 6 360 21 - - 2,459 10
Withdrew/resolved before assessment - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 2,471 148 2,471 10
Contact lost before assessment - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 1,596 52 1,596 6
Contact lost before duty discharged 2,314 14 86 11 209 11 113 7 - - 2,722 11
All applications actioned in period 16,583 100 752 100 1,854 100 1,711 100 4,067 100 24,967 100

Notes: Cases closed during April 2011 to September 2011, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment/ineligible and cases where contact was lost prior to discharge of duty.

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