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Statistical Bulletin: HSG/2005/2: People
assisted through Supporting People funding: 2003-04
2. Main points
2.1 In 2003-04, 140,207 individuals were assisted
through Supporting People funding. This represents 3.4% 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 (11%), Inverclyde
(7%), Renfrewshire (7%) and Angus (7%). The lowest
percentages were found to be in Highland, Orkney, Eilean
Siar, and Shetland (all at 1%) (
Table 1).
2.2 The biggest groups of clients who received support
were older people (55%), other vulnerable groups (15%) and
homeless or rough sleepers (14%) (
Table 2). Older people are the
majority group for 23 local authorities and homeless people
for a further five local authorities (
Table 4).
2.3 Females made up 59% of clients and the people aged
75-84 constituted the largest group (24%) with 53% of
clients being 65 or over (
Table 5).
2.4 The largest providers of support were local
authority housing (28%), registered social landlords (27%)
and local authority social work departments (25%).
Voluntary organisations provided 17% of support (
Table 7).
2.5 Accommodation linked continuous support was received
by 40% of clients and one to four hours floating support,
received by 26% (
Table 8).
2.6 Of all clients, 60% received permanent support and
19% received variable support (
Table 9).
2.7 Nearly half of all clients received support in
mainstream housing (49%), with a further 28% in special
housing (
Table 10).
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