Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National and Local Authority Analyses 2002-03

Statistical Bulletin HSG/2003/5
Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National and Local Authority Analyses 2002-03

Applications by assessment and household type: 1992-93 to 2002-03 Table 2

Table 2a Priority homeless

Number

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	19,800	18,200	17,500	16,900	16,800	17,600	18,400	20,200	20,500	26,933
Single person under 18	1,600	1,500	1,600	1,700	1,900	2,000	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,394
Single person 18-24	1,500	1,300	1,200	1,100	1,100	1,300	1,600	2,300	2,400	3,895
Single person 25-retirement	2,000	2,100	2,100	2,300	2,200	2,700	3,200	4,400	5,100	8,587
Single person over retirement age	800	800	700	800	700	700	700	700	700	888
Single parent under 25	3,100	2,600	2,600	2,300	2,300	2,100	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,052
Single parent 25+	6,300	5,900	5,700	5,500	5,700	5,900	5,900	6,000	5,600	5,745
Couple without children	1,000	900	800	700	700	600	800	800	700	945
Couple with children	3,300	2,800	2,500	2,200	2,000	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,500	1,598
Other household type	300	300	300	300	300	300	200	200	300	829

Table 2b Non-priority homeless

Number

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	10,300	12,700	14,200	13,400	13,900	14,900	15,100	13,400	12,800	10,102
Single person under 18	500	500	600	600	600	400	400	200	200	18
Single person 18-24	3,500	4,200	4,600	4,400	4,600	4,900	5,100	4,800	4,400	3,620
Single person 25-retirement	5,000	6,700	7,800	7,000	7,500	8,300	8,400	7,400	7,200	5,717
Single person over retirement age	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	22
Single parent under 25	-	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	1
Single parent 25+	200	200	200	300	300	300	300	300	200	3
Couple without children	600	600	600	600	600	700	500	500	500	532
Couple with children	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	2
Other household type	200	200	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	187

Table 2c Not homeless/lost contact

Number

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	12,800	12,100	9,800	10,600	10,300	10,600	11,200	11,600	11,700	10,056
Single person under 18	1,100	1,300	1,100	1,100	1,300	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,600	1,116
Single person 18-24	2,200	1,800	1,200	1,400	1,400	1,300	1,500	1,700	1,700	1,672
Single person 25-retirement	3,000	2,700	1,900	2,300	2,200	2,100	2,300	2,700	2,800	3,123
Single person over retirement age	300	400	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	241
Single parent under 25	1,200	1,200	1,100	1,000	900	900	900	1,000	1,000	653
Single parent 25+	2,900	2,800	2,500	2,700	2,700	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,700	1,805
Couple without children	500	500	400	400	400	400	500	500	500	488
Couple with children	1,300	1,300	1,200	1,100	1,000	1,100	1,000	900	900	632
Other household type	200	100	100	100	100	200	100	100	200	326

Notes: 2001-02 data on assessments and household type are not included due to outstanding HL1 returns from the previous paper-based data collection system. This will be updated once the dataset has been finalised. Data prior to December 2001 may be estimated: refer to section 5.

1. 2002-03 figures are based on applications made during the period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment but excluding cases which have not yet been assessed. For applications made in 2002-03, there were 3,826 cases which had not been assessed.

Table 2d Priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	9
Single person 18-24	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	11	12	14
Single person 25-retirement	10	12	12	14	13	15	17	22	25	32
Single person over retirement age	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Single parent under 25	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	8
Single parent 25+	32	32	32	32	34	34	32	30	27	21
Couple without children	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4
Couple with children	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	8	7	6
Other household type	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3

Table 2e Non-priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	5	4	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	*
Single person 18-24	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	36	35	36
Single person 25-retirement	48	52	53	52	54	56	56	55	57	57
Single person over retirement age	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*
Single parent under 25	-	*	1	1	*	*	1	*	*	*
Single parent 25+	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	*
Couple without children	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5
Couple with children	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*
Other household type	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

Table 2f Not homeless/lost contact

Percentage

Household type	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2002-03 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	9	11	11	11	13	15	15	14	14	11
Single person 18-24	17	14	12	13	13	12	13	15	15	17
Single person 25-retirement	24	22	19	22	21	20	21	23	24	31
Single person over retirement age	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Single parent under 25	10	10	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	6
Single parent 25+	23	23	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	18
Couple without children	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Couple with children	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	6
Other household type	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3

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