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

Table 14 Households assessed as homeless/in priority need by local authority: 2006-07

	All	Number	% of all households	Number	% of households assessed as homeless
	All	Homeless		Priority homeless
Scotland	55,831	40,638	73	31,219	77
Aberdeen City	2,195	1,433	65	944	66
Aberdeenshire	1,541	1,017	66	715	70
Angus	1,302	898	69	684	76
Argyll & Bute	930	594	64	441	74
Clackmannanshire	1,081	695	64	569	82
Dumfries & Galloway	1,510	1,056	70	856	81
Dundee City	1,856	1,108	60	900	81
East Ayrshire	1,095	807	74	560	69
East Dunbartonshire	640	449	70	325	72
East Lothian	1,023	665	65	413	62
East Renfrewshire	364	282	77	199	71
Edinburgh, City of	5,253	4,962	94	4,023	81
Eilean Siar	272	159	58	104	65
Falkirk	1,853	1,371	74	988	72
Fife	4,109	2,659	65	1,745	66
Glasgow City	9,482	8,021	85	6,813	85
Highland	2,131	1,560	73	1,111	71
Inverclyde	694	486	70	337	69
Midlothian	602	575	96	484	84
Moray	795	562	71	301	54
North Ayrshire	1,453	1,085	75	876	81
North Lanarkshire	3,651	2,753	75	2,106	76
Orkney	182	121	66	84	69
Perth & Kinross	977	655	67	449	69
Renfrewshire	1,543	747	48	644	86
Scottish Borders, The	885	567	64	379	67
Shetland	216	129	60	89	69
South Ayrshire	656	388	59	291	75
South Lanarkshire	2,287	1,811	79	1,317	73
Stirling	1,055	485	46	326	67
West Dunbartonshire	2,226	1,112	50	1,001	90
West Lothian	1,972	1,426	72	1,145	80

Notes: Percentages are based on all households assessed in period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved. For this analysis, the category of 'homeless' includes potentially homeless.

In the case of repeat applications, the most recent assessment was selected. There is therefore no double counting within household.

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