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Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2006-07

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Table 11 Local authority assessment decision: 2002-03 to 2006-07

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Homeless priority unintentional

24,171

48

25,836

47

25,261

44

26,829

45

26,544

45

Homeless priority intentional

1,141

2

909

2

897

2

1,018

2

1,234

2

Homeless non-priority

9,253

18

9,745

18

8,712

15

9,113

15

8,560

15

Potentially homeless priority unintentional

3,284

6

4,077

7

4,682

8

4,703

8

4,229

7

Potentially homeless priority intentional

289

1

230

*

198

*

198

*

203

*

Potentially homeless non-priority

1,404

3

1,623

3

1,653

3

1,453

2

1,340

2

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

4,500

9

4,478

8

5,029

9

5,140

9

4,880

8

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

4,488

9

5,427

10

7,008

12

7,539

13

7,452

13

Resolved prior to assessment decision

2,049

4

3,114

6

3,590

6

4,065

7

4,221

7

All assessed in period

50,579

100

55,439

100

57,030

100

60,058

100

58,663

100

Notes: All applications assessed during period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment or discharge of duty.

1. Figures for 2005-06 include estimates for Angus and Falkirk based on previous data due to technical difficulties in submitting HL1 data for 2005-06.

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