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

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Table 13 Assessment decision by presence of children in household and age of main applicant: 2006-07

Table 13a

Number

Household type/age of main applicant

Total

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Homeless priority unintentional

2,331

2,256

1,972

9,423

652

16,634

202

924

1,580

7,180

11

9,897

26,531

Homeless priority intentional

42

67

80

418

36

643

9

46

107

434

-

596

1,239

Homeless non-priority

15

1,568

1,680

5,294

8

8,565

-

-

-

-

-

-

8,565

Potentially homeless priority

244

283

233

1,027

203

1,990

37

196

353

1,852

3

2,441

4,431

Potentially homeless non-priority

4

236

243

850

5

1,338

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,338

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

382

392

361

1,742

109

2,986

25

146

290

1,432

2

1,895

4,881

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

726

926

940

3,021

72

5,685

26

170

288

1,283

2

1,769

7,454

Resolved prior to assessment decision

430

411

327

1,561

126

2,855

15

104

200

1,042

6

1,367

4,222

All applications assessed in period

4,174

6,139

5,836

23,336

1,211

40,696

314

1,586

2,818

13,223

24

17,965

58,661

Table 13b

Percentage

Household type/age of main applicant

Total

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Homeless priority unintentional

56

37

34

40

54

41

64

58

56

54

46

55

45

Homeless priority intentional

1

1

1

2

3

2

3

3

4

3

-

3

2

Homeless non-priority

*

26

29

23

1

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Potentially homeless priority

6

5

4

4

17

5

12

12

13

14

13

14

8

Potentially homeless non-priority

*

4

4

4

*

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless

9

6

6

7

9

7

8

9

10

11

8

11

8

Contact lost/withdrew prior to assessment decision

17

15

16

13

6

14

8

11

10

10

8

10

13

Resolved prior to assessment decision

10

7

6

7

10

7

5

7

7

8

25

8

7

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

100

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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