This item was published during the term of a previous administration that ended in April 2007
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Supporting People clients, 2004-05
21/02/2006
Information on clients assisted through Supporting People funding is published today.
Supporting People aims to provide good quality services to enable vulnerable people to live independently in the community, in all types of accommodation and tenure. It was introduced in April 2003.
Today's statistics presents information about client profile, client group, type and duration of support and accommodation type, and some comparison with 2003-04 data.
The main points to emerge are as follows:
- In 2004-05, 170,584 individuals were assisted through Supporting People funding. This represents 4 per cent of the population aged 16 and over. The local authorities with the highest percentage of clients per head of population aged 16 and over were West Dunbartonshire (12 per cent), Renfrewshire (9 per cent) and Angus (7 per cent). The lowest percentages were found to be in Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland (all at 1 per cent)
- The biggest groups of clients who received support were older people (49 per cent), homeless or rough sleepers (16 per cent) and other vulnerable groups (15 per cent). Older people are the majority group for 23 local authorities and homeless people for a further five local authorities
- Females made up 58 per cent of clients and the people aged 26-49 and 75-84 constituted the largest groups (both at 22 per cent) with 52 per cent of clients being 65 or over
- The largest providers of support were local authority housing (28 per cent), registered social landlords (26 per cent) and local authority social work departments (25 per cent). Voluntary organisations provided 17 per cent of support
- Accommodation linked continuous support was received by 37 per cent of clients and one to four hours floating support, received by 33 per cent
- Of all clients, 52 per cent received permanent support and 16 per cent received short stay support
- Nearly half of all clients received support in mainstream housing (45 per cent), with a further 33 per cent in special housing