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

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Table 10
Assessment decision by household type: 2004-05

Table 10a
Number

Household type

Total

Single person male

Single person female

Single parent male

Single parent female

Couple without children

Couple with children

Other household without children

Other household with children

Priority unintentional

9,620

5,921

1,184

7,705

1,237

1,700

500

587

28,454

Priority intentional

281

150

43

321

65

185

15

32

1,092

Non-priority

7,417

1,939

-

-

594

-

185

-

10,135

Not homeless

1,661

972

129

1,191

286

465

102

100

4,906

Lost contact/withdrew before assessment

2,909

1,364

240

1,037

302

257

111

85

6,305

Resolved prior to assessment

1,266

809

89

693

222

220

58

53

3,410

All applications assessed in period

23,154

11,155

1,685

10,947

2,706

2,827

971

857

54,302

Table 10b
Percentage

Household type

Total

Single person male

Single person female

Single parent male

Single parent female

Couple without children

Couple with children

Other household without children

Other household with children

Priority unintentional

42

53

70

70

46

60

51

68

52

Priority intentional

1

1

3

3

2

7

2

4

2

Non-priority

32

17

-

-

22

-

19

-

19

Not homeless

7

9

8

11

11

16

11

12

9

Lost contact/withdrew before assessment

13

12

14

9

11

9

11

10

12

Resolved prior to assessment

5

7

5

6

8

8

6

6

6

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Note: All applications assessed in period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment. The category of 'homeless' includes potentially homeless. During 2004-05, there were 6,181 applications assessed as potentially homeless: 4,399 applications were assessed as priority unintentional , 198 as priority intentional and 1,584 as non-priority.

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