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

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Table 18 Local authority action 1 by assessment decision and local authority area: 2006-07

All cases closed during period

Contact lost prior to discharge of duty %

Contact maintained until discharge of duty

Priority homeless

Non-priority homeless

Not homeless

Number

Accommodation offered

Number

Accommodation offered

Number

Accommodation offered

Permanent %

Temporary %

Permanent %

Temporary %

Permanent %

Temporary %

Scotland

56,570

34

24,837

73

10

8,246

12

31

4,429

4

8

Aberdeen City

2,128

38

806

79

20

448

2

96

71

1

6

Aberdeenshire

1,614

31

611

60

33

268

4

82

233

3

18

Angus 3

1,355

26

714

81

3

227

2

15

62

-

2

Argyll & Bute

923

51

306

79

7

111

16

46

35

6

3

Clackmannanshire

1,052

36

448

83

6

128

6

10

97

2

4

Dumfries & Galloway

1,490

34

665

85

10

175

5

50

141

4

18

Dundee City

1,886

51

733

92

*

174

22

8

20

5

-

East Ayrshire

1,191

33

485

85

5

196

71

15

115

3

7

East Dunbartonshire

585

20

244

73

12

54

43

2

169

6

9

East Lothian

1,111

16

417

79

8

259

9

26

253

3

2

East Renfrewshire

415

14

205

73

24

91

18

69

59

5

51

Edinburgh, City of

5,290

21

3,254

86

*

831

27

1

115

1

-

Eilean Siar

265

43

85

76

18

61

16

69

4

-

-

Falkirk

1,336

29

562

31

34

316

5

63

68

1

31

Fife

4,369

43

1,335

59

7

871

1

11

294

11

7

Glasgow City

10,284

41

4,685

58

19

824

9

29

572

1

2

Highland

2,211

33

913

77

17

413

8

77

145

3

20

Inverclyde

648

34

257

73

1

124

2

1

49

-

-

Midlothian

302

3

211

37

9

71

4

35

11

-

9

Moray

807

25

288

88

7

247

6

42

71

1

7

North Ayrshire

1,452

29

694

84

7

190

11

50

154

2

6

North Lanarkshire

3,525

17

2,018

80

6

546

25

31

368

5

23

Orkney

194

34

70

77

14

39

10

74

19

-

26

Perth & Kinross

1,004

32

432

86

2

181

2

3

65

11

-

Renfrewshire

1,598

44

519

85

3

88

26

24

284

1

1

Scottish Borders, The

758

34

270

80

5

149

5

34

81

2

1

Shetland

145

39

29

41

7

29

21

17

30

10

3

South Ayrshire

646

43

217

78

10

81

41

33

70

13

27

South Lanarkshire

2,452

22

1,180

84

*

513

9

1

218

2

1

Stirling

1,093

43

268

67

24

137

3

82

218

*

9

West Dunbartonshire

2,501

55

910

82

7

87

32

7

130

1

1

West Lothian

1,940

21

1,006

57

1

317

6

2

208

7

*

Scotland

2002-03

45,539

26

20,643

59

23

9,161

8

25

4,008

6

8

2003-04

50,818

27

23,400

61

19

9,669

10

34

4,013

5

8

2004-05

54,198

34

22,724

72

8

8,473

10

29

4,497

4

8

2005-06

58,296

33

25,323

72

10

8,896

10

32

4,594

4

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Notes: Data on actions reported for cases closed during period, excluding resolved prior to assessment. A more detailed version of this table is available on the Housing Statistics website.

1. Actions reported here relate to offers of accommodation by local authorities. Other actions taken by local authorities include referral to another local authority or the provision of advice and assistance.

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