On this page:

Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National and Local Authority Analyses 2005-06

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Listen

Table 12 Assessment decision by household type: 2005-06

Table 12a

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

Homeless priority unintentional

9,393

5,172

1,257

6,143

963

1,254

332

441

24,955

Homeless priority intentional

292

125

52

248

49

134

10

20

930

Homeless non-priority

6,485

1,575

-

-

397

-

140

-

8,597

Potentially homeless priority

751

731

219

1,444

215

412

92

130

3,994

Potentially homeless non-priority

813

338

-

-

140

-

69

-

1,360

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

1,653

946

151

1,160

263

421

105

131

4,830

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

3,186

1,570

294

1,019

308

246

111

87

6,821

Resolved prior to assessment decision

1,364

875

132

785

216

226

71

59

3,728

All applications assessed in period

23,937

11,332

2,105

10,799

2,551

2,693

930

868

55,215

Table 12b

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

Homeless priority unintentional

39

46

60

57

38

47

36

51

45

Homeless priority intentional

1

1

2

2

2

5

1

2

2

Homeless non-priority

27

14

-

-

16

-

15

-

16

Potentially homeless priority

3

6

10

13

8

15

10

15

7

Potentially homeless non-priority

3

3

-

-

5

-

7

-

2

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

7

8

7

11

10

16

11

15

9

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

13

14

14

9

12

9

12

10

12

Resolved prior to assessment decision

6

8

6

7

8

8

8

7

7

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Notes: All applications assessed in period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment. For this analysis, the category of 'potentially homeless priority' includes intentionally and unintentionally homeless. Figures exclude data for Angus and Falkirk due to technical difficulties in submitting HL1 data.

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Page updated: Monday, September 25, 2006