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 17 - Households in temporary accommodation by local authority: at 31 December 2011

  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 7,102 1,310 1,232 1,041 10,685 2,926 57 15 366 3,364 4,660 51 21 527 5,259
Aberdeen city 254 56 74 - 384 71 - - - 71 90 - - - 90
Aberdeenshire 299 29 120 13 461 189 9 3 7 208 312 8 4 10 334
Angus 126 - - - 126 6 - - - 6 6 - - - 6
Argyll & Bute 55 - - 104 159 16 - - 39 55 22 - - 45 67
Clackmannanshire 43 - 49 33 125 25 - - 4 29 39 - - 3 42
Dumfries & Galloway 146 64 38 37 285 69 5 - 9 83 106 3 - 21 130
Dundee City 155 148 - 9 312 76 - - 4 80 137 - - 9 146
East Ayrshire 36 23 - - 59 9 - - - 9 20 - - - 20
East Dunbartonshire 141 8 7 10 166 55 - 1 - 56 102 - 2 - 104
East Lothian 204 29 22 - 255 104 - - - 104 125 - - - 125
East Renfrewshire 28 - 1 6 35 5 - - 6 11 2 - - 16 18
Edinburgh, City of 468 - 248 - 716 267 - - - 267 388 - - - 388
Eilean Siar 42 - 31 2 75 16 - - - 16 28 - - - 28
Falkirk 229 - 29 42 300 74 - - 7 81 96 - - 13 109
Fife 541 46 60 - 647 180 - 9 - 189 339 - 11 - 350
Glasgow City 1,481 245 108 109 1,943 747 - - 8 755 1,309 - - 14 1,323
Highland 163 52 240 120 575 105 15 1 61 182 181 8 1 100 290
Inverclyde 56 25 - - 81 24 - - - 24 39 - - - 39
Midlothian 179 22 92 228 521 100 - - 89 189 124 - - 117 241
Moray 36 68 - 29 133 12 11 - 6 29 15 11 - 14 40
North Ayrshire 174 30 - 23 227 11 - - 6 17 12 - - 10 22
North Lanarkshire 443 13 - 17 473 139 - - - 139 251 - - - 251
Orkney3 21 3 - 3 27 4 - - 2 6 10 - - 3 13
Perth & Kinross 201 112 - 86 399 89 6 - 41 136 98 9 - 57 164
Renfrewshire 204 - 10 - 214 34 - - - 34 43 - - - 43
Scottish Borders, The 77 - 12 - 89 17 - 1 - 18 32 - 3 - 35
Shetland 104 - - 2 106 17 - - 2 19 20 - - 3 23
South Ayrshire 156 60 44 14 274 66 3 - 5 74 93 3 - 10 106
South Lanarkshire 487 119 4 10 620 244 2 - 9 255 366 5 - 14 385
Stirling 93 68 29 72 262 15 6 - 26 47 19 4 - 30 53
West Dunbartonshire 242 44 14 7 307 46 - - 2 48 75 - - 2 77
West Lothian 218 46 - 65 329 94 - - 33 127 161 - - 36 197

1. Includes Glasgow Housing Association stock from 2003, and all other housing associations from June 2005 onward.
2. The category 'other' includes mainly private landlords. Accommodation in 'other' category consists of property leased by the local authority to provide temporary accommodation for homeless applicants.

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