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

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Table 13 Assessment decision by presence of children in household and age of main applicant: 2005-06

Table 13a

Number

Household type/age of main applicant

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Homeless priority unintentional

2,288

2,040

1,920

9,051

561

15,860

190

845

1,482

6,564

14

9,095

Homeless priority intentional

43

62

54

297

20

476

-

48

85

320

1

454

Homeless non-priority

26

1,557

1,614

5,392

8

8,597

-

-

-

-

-

-

Potentially homeless priority

214

221

212

964

178

1,789

43

157

326

1,675

4

2,205

Potentially homeless non-priority

3

220

243

890

4

1,360

-

-

-

-

-

-

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

395

377

373

1,713

109

2,967

22

136

278

1,426

1

1,863

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

715

773

796

2,805

86

5,175

20

160

282

1,184

-

1,646

Resolved prior to assessment decision

361

323

315

1,404

123

2,526

19

74

174

933

2

1,202

All applications assessed in period

4,045

5,573

5,527

22,516

1,089

38,750

294

1,420

2,627

12,102

22

16,465

Table 13b

Percentage

Household type/age of main applicant

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Homeless priority unintentional

57

37

35

40

52

41

65

60

56

54

64

55

Homeless priority intentional

1

1

1

1

2

1

-

3

3

3

5

3

Homeless non-priority

1

28

29

24

1

22

-

-

-

-

-

-

Potentially homeless priority

5

4

4

4

16

5

15

11

12

14

18

13

Potentially homeless non-priority

*

4

4

4

*

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

10

7

7

8

10

8

7

10

11

12

5

11

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

18

14

14

12

8

13

7

11

11

10

-

10

Resolved prior to assessment decision

9

6

6

6

11

7

6

5

7

8

9

7

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

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.

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