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

Table 15 Applications from single person households assessed as priority homeless by local authority area: 2003-04 to 2005-06

	2003-04				2004-05				2005-06
	All	Assessed as homeless	Priority homeless		All	Assessed as homeless	Priority homeless		All	Assessed as homeless	Priority homeless
	All	Assessed as homeless	Number	% of those assessed as homeless	All	Assessed as homeless	Number	% of those assessed as homeless	All	Assessed as homeless	Number	% of those assessed as homeless
Scotland ¹	*36,723*	*28,150*	*17,581*	62	*36,155*	*26,205*	*16,611*	63	37,793	25,965	16,588	64
Aberdeen City	1,406	669	414	62	1,318	544	359	66	1,583	821	531	65
Aberdeenshire	670	433	213	49	749	471	269	57	859	530	265	50
Angus ²	703	370	246	66	823	433	292	67	..	..	..	..
Argyll & Bute	620	407	201	49	646	399	175	44	678	401	180	45
Clackmannanshire	588	266	169	64	643	323	192	59	635	314	212	68
Dumfries & Galloway	1,063	706	433	61	1,104	747	482	65	1,053	699	450	64
Dundee City	660	243	176	72	856	295	243	82	1,088	234	139	59
East Ayrshire	673	555	237	43	754	597	313	52	795	604	293	49
East Dunbartonshire	362	224	107	48	312	207	109	53	337	229	118	52
East Lothian	509	331	131	40	528	320	144	45	640	362	146	40
East Renfrewshire	239	146	94	64	247	156	99	63	225	180	101	56
Edinburgh, City of	3,959	3,669	2,168	59	3,752	3,465	2,191	63	3,431	3,171	2,163	68
Eilean Siar	144	97	30	31	161	102	42	41	154	95	37	39
Falkirk ²	958	712	325	46	941	659	402	61	..	..	..	..
Fife	2,483	2,028	962	47	2,544	1,839	855	46	2,477	1,755	832	47
Glasgow City	9,100	8,531	7,061	83	7,126	6,641	5,321	80	7,814	6,811	5,502	81
Highland	1,324	1,020	367	36	1,490	1,113	361	32	1,610	1,118	398	36
Inverclyde	480	407	223	55	581	286	191	67	573	349	204	58
Midlothian ³	278	235	118	50	315	278	173	62	298	267	167	63
Moray	345	248	86	35	550	322	88	27	634	314	79	25
North Ayrshire	1,239	870	572	66	1,176	748	518	69	1,122	664	440	66
North Lanarkshire	1,943	1,302	655	50	2,118	1,511	969	64	2,058	1,500	836	56
Orkney	102	43	32	74	120	49	34	69	128	71	42	59
Perth & Kinross	757	481	276	57	752	447	237	53	694	419	185	44
Renfrewshire	893	442	269	61	1,038	476	325	68	1,012	397	308	78
Scottish Borders, The	419	303	167	55	462	282	149	53	591	316	173	55
Shetland	136	77	47	61	107	38	30	79	112	25	18	72
South Ayrshire	669	359	168	47	745	380	201	53	693	336	192	57
South Lanarkshire	1,518	1,093	535	49	1,360	919	508	55	1,451	1,035	585	57
Stirling	623	325	160	49	819	423	188	44	703	319	165	52
West Dunbartonshire	798	555	407	73	948	763	601	79	1,605	817	699	86
West Lothian	1,062	1,003	532	53	1,070	972	550	57	1,015	762	466	61

Notes: Percentages are based on applications made during period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment and cases which have not been assessed yet. For applications in 2005-06, there were 2,495 cases of single person households which had not been assessed.
1. Figures for 2005-06 include estimates for Angus and Falkirk based on previous data.
2. Data for 2005-06 missing due to technical difficulties in submitting HL1 data.
3. Figures for 2005-06 may represent an underestimate due to technical difficulties.

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Table 15 Applications from single person households assessed as priority homeless by local authority area: 2003-04 to 2005-06