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2. Main Points
2.1 In 2004-05, 170,584 individuals were assisted through Supporting People funding. This represents 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 (12%), Renfrewshire (9%) and Angus (7%). The lowest percentages were found to be in Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland (all at 1%) ( Table 1).
2.2 The biggest groups of clients who received support were older people (49%), homeless or rough sleepers (16%) and other vulnerable groups (15%) ( Table 2). Older people are the majority group for 23 local authorities and homeless people for a further five local authorities ( Table 8).
2.3 Females made up 58% of clients and the people aged 26-49 and 75-84 constituted the largest groups (both at 22%) with 52% of clients being 65 or over ( Table 9).
2.4 The largest providers of support were local authority housing (28%), registered social landlords (26%) and local authority social work departments (25%). Voluntary organisations provided 17% of support (Tables 5 and 11).
2.5 Accommodation linked continuous support was received by 37% of clients and one to four hours floating support, received by 33% (Tables 4 and 12).
2.6 Of all clients, 52% received permanent support and 16% received short stay support (Tables 6 and 13).
2.7 Nearly half of all clients received support in mainstream housing (45%), with a further 33% in special housing (Tables 7 and 14).
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