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5. Notes and definitions
5.1 Statistics on clients receiving housing support through supporting people are collected by local authority returns submitted to the Scottish Executive. 2003-04 was the first year of this collection and the same return was used again to collect the data for clients supported during 2004-05 and 2005-06.
5.2 Additional tables may be obtained from Housing Statistics on request. See back cover for contact details. Housing statistics publications, including printable Adobe portable format and Excel versions of tables are available in the published data section of the Housing Statistics reference website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/Publications.
5.3 Definitions used in tables
Duration of support:
- Permanent: Services are provided on an indefinite basis as part of the overall objective of the support plan.
- Medium stay: Services are provided for more than two years and there is an expectation that the provision will end in accordance with the objectives of the support plan.
- Short stay: Services are provided for less than two years and there is an expectation that the provision will end in accordance with the objectives of the support plan.
- Up to one month: Services are provided for a limited period of one month in accordance with the objectives of the support plan.
- Variable: The service will vary depending upon the assessed needs of the person and in accordance with the objectives of the support plan.
- Unspecified: The period of support is not known.
Accommodation type:
- Homeless: A person without accommodation which he or she is able to occupy legally or without risk of violence or, if overcrowded, without danger to health.
- Mainstream housing: The accommodation occupied by the person is not specifically provided in response to assessed social or medical care needs. Mainstream Housing includes moveable homes.
- Special housing: Housing with specific physical features to facilitate use by people with disabilities.
- Sheltered Housing: Sheltered Housing is a form of Housing with Support; however it is sufficiently distinguished from other supported accommodation to merit a separate category.
- Supported accommodation: Accommodation with staff support available.
Accommodation linked support:
- Support services specifically linked to identified accommodation.
Floating support:
- Support services provided to an individual irrespective of location, tenure or accommodation type.
For further details, please refer to section 1 on data definitions on the supporting people website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/housing/spogf2-00.asp
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