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Publication - Statistics

Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2007 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2007)

Published
22 April 2008
ISBN
978075597084

Routine homelessness statistics update to September 2007

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Table 5 Local authority action by assessment decision: April to September 2007

Action taken by local authority

Assessment

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

7,046

54

89

15

256

7

38

2

-

-

-

-

7,429

Social rented tenancy offered: not accepted

835

6

7

1

38

1

6

*

-

-

-

-

886

Private tenancy offered: accepted

599

5

21

4

127

3

9

1

-

-

-

-

756

Private tenancy offered: not accepted

5

*

-

-

4

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

Temporary accommodation offered: accepted

324

2

115

19

578

15

67

4

-

-

-

-

1,084

Temporary accommodation offered: not accepted

117

1

64

11

530

14

54

3

-

-

-

-

765

Referred to other local authority

112

1

-

-

7

*

11

1

-

-

-

-

130

Advice and assistance

363

3

117

20

1,224

32

1,206

76

-

-

-

-

2,910

Other

1,065

8

83

14

311

8

205

13

-

-

-

-

1,664

Lost contact/withdrawal/resolved before assessment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,944

100

1,091

100

5,035

Lost contact before duty discharged

2,666

20

102

17

729

19

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,497

All applications actioned in period

13,132

100

598

100

3,804

100

1,596

100

3,944

100

1,091

100

24,165

Notes: All applications actioned during period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment or discharge of duty/ ineligible. Figures do not include data from East Dunbartonshire and Shetland due to technical reasons and may include some under-reporting from other local authorities ( see footnotes for Table 1).

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