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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 15
Local authority action by assessment decision and household type: 2004-05

Table 15a
Number

Action taken by local authority

Priority homeless

Non-priority homeless

Not homeless

All

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Social rented tenancy offered

7,096

1,061

5,714

1,501

591

79

-

-

70

15

43

17

16,187

Private tenancy offered

200

34

278

80

157

24

-

-

20

3

17

8

821

Temporary accommodation offered

1,360

71

328

113

2,264

163

-

-

245

17

70

33

4,664

Referred to other local authority

153

23

106

33

17

3

-

-

10

2

2

2

351

Advice and assistance

896

103

609

169

4,139

359

-

-

1,612

261

891

375

9,414

Other

1,196

150

621

202

446

49

-

-

344

55

166

85

3,314

Lost contact before duty discharged

4,093

234

1,089

318

1,457

87

-

-

255

35

83

33

7,684

All actioned during period

14,994

1,676

8,745

2,416

9,071

764

-

-

2,556

388

1,272

553

42,435

Table 15b
Percentage

Action taken by local authority

Priority homeless

Non-priority homeless

Not homeless

All

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Social rented tenancy offered

47

63

65

62

7

10

-

-

3

4

3

3

38

Private tenancy offered

1

2

3

3

2

3

-

-

1

1

1

1

2

Temporary accommodation offered

9

4

4

5

25

21

-

-

10

4

6

6

11

Referred to other local authority

1

1

1

1

*

*

-

-

*

1

*

*

1

Advice and assistance

6

6

7

7

46

47

-

-

63

67

70

68

22

Other

8

9

7

8

5

6

-

-

13

14

13

15

8

Lost contact before duty discharged

27

14

12

13

16

11

-

-

10

9

7

6

18

All actioned during period

100

100

100

100

100

100

-

-

100

100

100

100

100

Note: All applications actioned during period, excluding lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment.

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