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

Number of applications under the Homeless Persons legislation by local authority: 1996-97 to 2002-03

Table 3

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

Difference 2001-02 to 2002-03

Number

%

Scotland

40,989

43,135

45,723

46,023

45,004

46,540

50,917

4,377

9

Aberdeen City

1,916

1,739

1,797

1,800

1,584

1,516

1,468

-48

-3

Aberdeenshire

1,303

1,169

1,252

1,354

1,243

1,147

1,157

10

1

Angus

947

961

1,108

1,227

888

950

1,186

236

25

Argyll & Bute

534

474

394

347

341

493

666

173

35

Clackmannanshire

520

577

579

613

649

742

961

219

30

Dumfries & Galloway

1,085

1,168

1,072

1,397

1,305

1,374

1,577

203

15

Dundee City

1,037

1,024

1,029

1,051

861

929

954

25

3

East Ayrshire

591

789

815

662

658

703

949

246

35

East Dunbartonshire

482

440

399

417

400

453

515

62

14

East Lothian

1,049

1,080

930

948

896

830

826

-4

*

East Renfrewshire

286

274

204

342

377

377

391

14

4

Edinburgh, City of

3,575

3,795

4,119

4,342

4,410

4,233

4,911

678

16

Eilean Siar

156

173

160

119

140

103

171

68

66

Falkirk

1,116

1,064

1,281

1,409

1,376

1,346

1,502

156

12

Fife

2,454

2,824

3,867

3,388

3,262

3,684

3,526

-158

-4

Glasgow City

12,014

12,665

13,150

12,645

12,202

13,244

12,608

-636

-5

Highland

898

979

928

816

954

985

1,356

371

38

Inverclyde

282

386

463

370

433

409

625

216

53

Midlothian

427

370

466

424

363

401

436

35

9

Moray 1

272

403

305

280

298

348

710

362

104

North Ayrshire

740

984

1,034

1,152

1,067

1,240

1,766

526

42

North Lanarkshire

1,668

1,838

2,083

1,986

1,982

1,949

2,658

709

36

Orkney

91

105

133

163

124

157

145

-12

-8

Perth & Kinross

515

523

667

863

1,006

960

1,201

241

25

Renfrewshire

714

659

652

662

897

971

982

11

1

Scottish Borders, The

639

656

471

516

542

585

570

-15

-3

Shetland

203

166

148

126

181

194

162

-32

-16

South Ayrshire

958

903

933

1,064

1,028

1,015

968

-47

-5

South Lanarkshire

1,795

2,038

2,007

1,977

1,968

1,873

2,365

492

26

Stirling

883

938

1,028

917

799

777

841

64

8

West Dunbartonshire

831

701

645

869

1,121

1,020

1,254

234

23

West Lothian

1,008

1,270

1,604

1,777

1,649

1,532

1,510

-22

-1

Notes: Figures prior to December 2001 are taken from the HL2 summary return. Figures from January 2002 onwards are provided by the HL1 individual case returns under the new homeless electronic data capture system.

Some applications will have been from households that applied previously in the same year - the extent of repeat applications prior to 2002 is difficult to assess from existing data.

1. The increase in applications between 2001-02 and 2002-03 is primarily due to flooding in the Moray area at the end of 2002.

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