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

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Table 17 Local authority action by assessment decision and household type: 2006-07

Table 17a

Number

Action taken by local authority

Priority homeless

Non-priority homeless

Not homeless

All

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Social rented tenancy offered

8,134

1,197

5,989

1,657

599

53

-

-

42

12

34

22

17,739

Private tenancy offered

405

81

595

155

319

41

-

-

19

5

16

9

1,645

Temporary accommodation offered

1,695

92

461

160

2,409

167

-

-

245

10

85

26

5,350

Referred to other local authority

164

14

91

37

28

2

-

-

13

1

-

2

352

Advice and assistance

787

101

694

182

3,613

387

-

-

1,610

295

869

404

8,942

Other

1,382

93

532

141

571

57

-

-

363

46

188

113

3,486

Lost contact before duty discharged

3,960

196

1,225

232

1,412

102

-

-

275

27

85

35

7,549

All actioned during period

16,527

1,774

9,587

2,564

8,951

809

-

-

2,567

396

1,277

611

45,063

Table 17b

Percentage

Action taken by local authority

Priority homeless

Non-priority homeless

Not homeless

All

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Single person

Other household without children

Single parent

Other household with children

Social rented tenancy offered

49

67

62

65

7

7

-

-

2

3

3

4

39

Private tenancy offered

2

5

6

6

4

5

-

-

1

1

1

1

4

Temporary accommodation offered

10

5

5

6

27

21

-

-

10

3

7

4

12

Referred to other local authority

1

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Advice and assistance

5

6

7

7

40

48

-

-

63

74

68

66

20

Other

8

5

6

5

6

7

-

-

14

12

15

18

8

Lost contact before duty discharged

24

11

13

9

16

13

-

-

11

7

7

6

17

All actioned during period

100

100

100

100

100

100

-

-

100

100

100

100

100

Note: All applications actioned during period, excluding lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment.

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