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

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Table 12 Assessment decision by household type: 2006-07

Table 12a

Number

Household type

Total

Single person male

Single person female

Single parent male

Single parent female

Couple without children

Couple with children

Other household without children

Other household with children

Homeless priority unintentional

9,414

5,754

1,634

6,346

1,111

1,468

360

457

26,544

Homeless priority intentional

375

186

65

335

67

161

13

32

1,234

Homeless non-priority

6,228

1,690

-

-

441

-

201

-

8,560

Potentially homeless priority

750

848

318

1,481

296

487

97

155

4,432

Potentially homeless non-priority

783

373

-

-

130

-

54

-

1,340

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

1,612

969

175

1,093

300

474

103

154

4,880

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

3,558

1,656

315

1,058

331

297

139

98

7,452

Resolved prior to assessment decision

1,526

1,000

174

873

239

258

91

60

4,221

All applications assessed in period

24,246

12,476

2,681

11,186

2,915

3,145

1,058

956

58,663

Table 12b

Percentage

Household type

Total

Single person male

Single person female

Single parent male

Single parent female

Couple without children

Couple with children

Other household without children

Other household with children

Homeless priority unintentional

39

46

61

57

38

47

34

48

45

Homeless priority intentional

2

1

2

3

2

5

1

3

2

Homeless non-priority

26

14

-

-

15

-

19

-

15

Potentially homeless priority

3

7

12

13

10

15

9

16

8

Potentially homeless non-priority

3

3

-

-

4

-

5

-

2

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

7

8

7

10

10

15

10

16

8

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

15

13

12

9

11

9

13

10

13

Resolved prior to assessment decision

6

8

6

8

8

8

9

6

7

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Notes: All applications assessed in period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment. For this analysis, the category of 'potentially homeless priority' includes intentionally and unintentionally homeless.

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