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

Table 2 Applications by assessment and household type: 1995-96 to 2005-06

Table 2a Priority homeless

Number

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	16,900	16,800	17,600	18,400	20,200	20,500	26,800	*29,309*	*31,306*	*30,825*	30,273
Single person under 18	1,700	1,900	2,000	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,500	2,583	2,528	2,578	2,435
Single person 18-24	1,100	1,100	1,300	1,600	2,300	2,400	3,800	4,146	4,210	4,022	4,023
Single person 25-retirement	2,300	2,200	2,700	3,200	4,400	5,100	8,600	9,163	9,949	9,189	9,407
Single person over retirement age	800	700	700	700	700	700	700	952	894	822	755
Single parent under 25	2,300	2,300	2,100	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,200	2,300	2,535	2,773	2,601
Single parent 25+	5,500	5,700	5,900	5,900	6,000	5,600	6,100	6,360	6,852	7,000	6,902
Couple without children	700	700	600	800	800	700	800	1,054	1,247	1,344	1,261
Couple with children	2,200	2,000	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,828	1,970	1,999	1,825
Other household type	300	300	300	200	200	300	600	923	1,121	1,098	1,064

Table 2b Non-priority homeless

Number

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	13,400	13,900	14,900	15,100	13,400	12,800	10,300	*10,737*	*11,399*	*10,404*	10,158
Single person under 18	600	600	400	400	200	200	100	22	16	21	22
Single person 18-24	4,400	4,600	4,900	5,100	4,800	4,400	3,700	3,808	3,759	3,499	3,463
Single person 25-retirement	7,000	7,500	8,300	8,400	7,400	7,200	5,700	6,117	6,769	6,042	5,869
Single person over retirement age	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	23	25	32	33
Single parent under 25	100	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-	-
Single parent 25+	300	300	300	300	300	200	100	2	-	-	-
Couple without children	600	600	700	500	500	500	500	566	616	622	560
Couple with children	100	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-	-
Other household type	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	197	214	188	211

Table 2c Not homeless/lost contact

Number

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	10,600	10,300	10,600	11,200	11,600	11,700	11,200	*11,739*	*13,103*	*15,229*	15,209
Single person under 18	1,100	1,300	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,600	1,400	1,263	1,294	1,410	1,352
Single person 18-24	1,400	1,400	1,300	1,500	1,700	1,700	1,700	1,957	2,330	2,560	2,590
Single person 25-retirement	2,300	2,200	2,100	2,300	2,700	2,800	2,900	3,618	4,222	5,063	5,184
Single person over retirement age	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	287	289	331	306
Single parent under 25	1,000	900	900	900	1,000	1,000	900	787	808	931	873
Single parent 25+	2,700	2,700	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,700	2,500	2,116	2,196	2,594	2,624
Couple without children	400	400	400	500	500	500	500	579	670	842	792
Couple with children	1,100	1,000	1,100	1,000	900	900	800	737	804	977	910
Other household type	100	100	200	100	100	200	300	395	490	521	578

Table 2d Priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	10	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	8
Single person 18-24	7	7	7	9	11	12	14	14	13	13	13
Single person 25-retirement	14	13	15	17	22	25	32	31	32	30	31
Single person over retirement age	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Single parent under 25	14	13	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9
Single parent 25+	32	34	34	32	30	27	23	22	22	23	23
Couple without children	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Couple with children	13	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	6
Other household type	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4

Table 2e Non-priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	*	*	*	*
Single person 18-24	33	33	33	33	36	35	36	35	33	34	34
Single person 25-retirement	52	54	56	56	55	57	56	57	59	58	58
Single person over retirement age	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Single parent under 25	1	*	*	1	*	*	*	*	-	-	-
Single parent 25+	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	*	-	-	-
Couple without children	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6
Couple with children	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	-	-	-
Other household type	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

Table 2f Not homeless/lost contact

Percentage

Household type	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	11	13	15	15	14	14	13	11	10	9	9
Single person 18-24	13	13	12	13	15	15	15	17	18	17	17
Single person 25-retirement	22	21	20	21	23	24	26	31	32	33	34
Single person over retirement age	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Single parent under 25	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6
Single parent 25+	26	26	26	25	24	23	22	18	17	17	17
Couple without children	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5
Couple with children	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6
Other household type	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	4

Notes: Data prior to 2002-03 are estimated see notes and definitions. Figures for 2002-03 onwards are based on applications made during the period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment, but excluding cases which may not yet have been assessed.
1. For applications made in 2005-06, there were some 4,000 cases which had not been assessed by the end of the period (this may include cases where contact has been lost). Figures for 2005-06 are therefore provisional. Most recent figures include estimates for Angus and Falkirk due to technical problems in submitting HL1 data.

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Table 2 Applications by assessment and household type: 1995-96 to 2005-06