Statistical Bulletin: Housing Series: HSG/2005/6: Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2004-05

Table 2
Applications by assessment and household type: 1994-95 to 2004-05

Table 2a Priority homeless
Number

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	17,500	16,900	16,800	17,600	18,400	20,200	20,500	26,800	*29,189*	*31,089*	29,546
Single person under 18	1,600	1,700	1,900	2,000	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,500	2,576	2,497	2,446
Single person 18-24	1,200	1,100	1,100	1,300	1,600	2,300	2,400	3,800	4,138	4,190	3,866
Single person 25-retirement	2,100	2,300	2,200	2,700	3,200	4,400	5,100	8,600	9,137	9,893	8,872
Single person over retirement age	700	800	700	700	700	700	700	700	946	888	788
Single parent under 25	2,600	2,300	2,300	2,100	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,200	2,277	2,490	2,619
Single parent 25+	5,700	5,500	5,700	5,900	5,900	6,000	5,600	6,100	6,339	6,801	6,634
Couple without children	800	700	700	600	800	800	700	800	1,042	1,244	1,302
Couple with children	2,500	2,200	2,000	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,818	1,965	1,885
Other household type	300	300	300	300	200	200	300	600	916	1,121	1,134

Table 2b Non-priority homeless
Number

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	14,200	13,400	13,900	14,900	15,100	13,400	12,800	10,300	*10,711*	*11,331*	10,135
Single person under 18	600	600	600	400	400	200	200	100	22	14	23
Single person 18-24	4,600	4,400	4,600	4,900	5,100	4,800	4,400	3,700	3,799	3,739	3,423
Single person 25-retirement	7,800	7,000	7,500	8,300	8,400	7,400	7,200	5,700	6,101	6,730	5,880
Single person over retirement age	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	23	25	30
Single parent under 25	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-
Single parent 25+	200	300	300	300	300	300	200	100	2	-	-
Couple without children	600	600	600	700	500	500	500	500	565	612	594
Couple with children	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-
Other household type	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	197	211	185

Table 2c Not homeless/lost contact
Number

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	9,800	10,600	10,300	10,600	11,200	11,600	11,700	11,200	*11,665*	*13,023*	14,621
Single person under 18	1,100	1,100	1,300	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,600	1,400	1,254	1,285	1,364
Single person 18-24	1,200	1,400	1,400	1,300	1,500	1,700	1,700	1,700	1,940	2,309	2,446
Single person 25-retirement	1,900	2,300	2,200	2,100	2,300	2,700	2,800	2,900	3,600	4,200	4,854
Single person over retirement age	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	285	286	317
Single parent under 25	1,100	1,000	900	900	900	1,000	1,000	900	778	799	894
Single parent 25+	2,500	2,700	2,700	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,700	2,500	2,103	2,188	2,485
Couple without children	400	400	400	400	500	500	500	500	578	664	810
Couple with children	1,200	1,100	1,000	1,100	1,000	900	900	800	735	799	942
Other household type	100	100	100	200	100	100	200	300	392	493	509

Table 2d Priority homeless
Percentage

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	8	8
Single person 18-24	7	7	7	7	9	11	12	14	14	13	13
Single person 25-retirement	12	14	13	15	17	22	25	32	31	32	30
Single person over retirement age	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Single parent under 25	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	9
Single parent 25+	32	32	34	34	32	30	27	23	22	22	22
Couple without children	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Couple with children	15	13	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	6
Other household type	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4

Table 2e Non-priority homeless
Percentage

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	*	*	*
Single person 18-24	33	33	33	33	33	36	35	36	35	33	34
Single person 25-retirement	53	52	54	56	56	55	57	56	57	59	58
Single person over retirement age	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Single parent under 25	1	1	*	*	1	*	*	*	*	-	-
Single parent 25+	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	*	-	-
Couple without children	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6
Couple with children	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	-	-
Other household type	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

Table 2f Not homeless/lost contact
Percentage

Household type	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	11	11	13	15	15	14	14	13	11	10	9
Single person 18-24	12	13	13	12	13	15	15	15	17	18	17
Single person 25-retirement	19	22	21	20	21	23	24	26	31	32	33
Single person over retirement age	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Single parent under 25	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Single parent 25+	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	22	18	17	17
Couple without children	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6
Couple with children	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	6
Other household type	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	3

Notes: Data prior to 2002-03 are estimated: refer to notes and definitions section. Percentages for 2002-03 onwards 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 2004-05, there were 2,718 cases which had not been assessed by the end of the period (this may include cases where contact has been lost).

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