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

Table 17 Local authority action for applications assessed as potentially homeless by assessment decision and local authority: 2005-06

	Cases assessed as potentially homeless	Contact lost before duty discharged	Contact maintained until discharge of duty
			Potentially homeless (priority)				Potentially homeless (non-priority)
			Number	Accommodation offered		Other ¹	Number	Accommodation offered		Other ¹
				Permanent	Temporary	Other ¹		Permanent	Temporary	Other ¹
		%		%	%	%		%	%	%
Scotland ²	5,755	13	3,747	74	3	23	1,250	9	16	75
Aberdeen City	24	-	8	88	13	-	16	-	94	6
Aberdeenshire	134	6	82	59	17	24	44	2	66	32
Angus ³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll & Bute	61	18	24	83	4	13	26	31	-	69
Clackmannanshire	25	4	13	62	23	15	11	-	-	100
Dumfries & Galloway	259	3	175	89	3	9	75	3	31	67
Dundee City	300	17	189	96	-	4	59	20	3	76
East Ayrshire	162	6	92	80	9	11	60	35	45	20
East Dunbartonshire	76	4	62	84	11	5	11	55	9	36
East Lothian	133	8	69	75	7	17	53	2	6	92
East Renfrewshire	26	8	24	67	21	13	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	414	13	306	87	*	13	56	9	-	91
Eilean Siar	7	14	3	33	33	33	3	33	67	-
Falkirk ³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fife	112	17	54	69	4	28	39	3	13	85
Glasgow City	1,254	30	786	65	1	33	98	4	8	88
Highland	489	20	285	84	5	11	105	10	50	40
Inverclyde	27	11	22	100	-	-	2	-	-	100
Midlothian	25	-	12	8	-	92	13	-	8	92
Moray	215	-	97	87	2	11	118	1	3	97
North Ayrshire	4	25	2	50	-	50	1	-	-	100
North Lanarkshire	163	5	125	86	2	11	30	13	27	60
Orkney	18	39	8	50	13	38	3	-	33	67
Perth & Kinross	381	14	258	89	2	9	69	6	13	81
Renfrewshire	30	10	17	53	6	41	10	-	10	90
Scottish Borders, The	19	11	15	40	13	47	2	-	-	100
Shetland	2	-	2	-	-	100	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	7	57	1	100	-	-	2	50	-	50
South Lanarkshire	344	7	206	83	-	17	114	17	-	83
Stirling	6	33	3	-	33	67	1	-	-	100
West Dunbartonshire	2	50	1	100	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	526	-	365	38	2	61	161	7	1	92

Notes: All applications assessed as potentially homeless closed during period.
1. Other actions taken by local authorities include referral to another local authority or the provision of advice and assistance.
2. Counts include estimates for Angus and Falkirk based on previous data.
3. Data for 2005-06 missing due to technical difficulties in submitting HL1 data.

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Table 17 Local authority action for applications assessed as potentially homeless by assessment decision and local authority: 2005-06