On this page:

Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: 2007-08

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Listen

Table 8 Households in temporary accommodation by accommodation type: at 31 March 1996 to 31 December 2007

Social sector
accommodation 1

Hostel 2

Bed & Breakfast

Other 3

Total

Households with
dependent children 4

Number

% of total

1995

as at 31 March

1,851

1,648

449

80

4,028

..

..

1996

as at 31 March

1,884

1,776

454

100

4,214

..

..

1997

as at 31 March

1,741

1,562

355

114

3,772

..

..

1998

as at 31 March

1,859

1,465

360

80

3,764

..

..

1999

as at 31 March

1,855

1,543

413

53

3,864

..

..

2000

as at 31 March

1,826

1,608

500

61

3,995

..

..

2001

as at 31 March

1,968

1,512

502

78

4,060

1,438

35

2002

as at 31 March

2,152

1,363

569

69

4,153

1,329

32

2003

as at 31 March

2,984

1,380

898

141

5,403

1,599

30

2004

as at 31 March

3,537

1,586

1,190

132

6,445

1,997

31

2005

as at 31 March

4,136

1,490

1,516

159

7,301

2,330

32

2006

as at 31 March 3

4,747

1,328

1,494

416

7,985

2,785

35

2007

as at 31 March 3

5,164

1,242

1,528

643

8,577

3,094

36

2008

as at 31 March 3,4

6,114

1,099

1,609

696

9,518

3,986

42

Notes:

1. Includes Glasgow Housing Association stock from 2003, and all other housing associations from June 2005 onward.

2. The category 'other' includes mainly private landlords. Prior to June 1999 the figures may also include an unknown number of local authority-owned chalets or mobile homes.

3. From June 2005, this includes households with pregnant women. Figures from this point onward are therefore not strictly comparable with previous ones.

4.542 of the 9,518 households in temporary accommodation on 31 March 2008 were asylum seekers in Glasgow who have not previously been included in the homelessness statistics. 522 of these were households with dependent children. 1,092 dependent children were in the households.

5. Figures from March 2003 have been substantially revised to adjust for previous over-reporting of numbers in temporary accommodation by North Ayrshire council.

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Page updated: Monday, September 29, 2008