Stastical Bulletin Housing Series: HSG/1999/3: Page 9

Stastical Bulletin Housing Series: Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1987-88 to 1997-88: National and Local Authority Analyses: HSG/1999/3

Number of households and number of applicant households assessed as homeless: 1997-98

Table 3

Area	All households (at mid 1997)¹	Number of households applying as homeless 1997-98	Applicants as % of Scottish total	Number of case returns received for applications in 1997-98	Case returns as % of all applicants	Estimated number of households assessed as homeless or potentially homeless²
Area	All households (at mid 1997)¹	Number of households applying as homeless 1997-98	Applicants as % of Scottish total		Case returns as % of all applicants	Number	Percentage of all households
Scotland	2,152,800	43,051	*100*	40,189	93	32,430	*1.5*

Aberdeen City	98,300	1,739	4.0	1,718	99	1,390	1.4
Aberdeenshire	87,900	1,169	2.7	1,055	90	850	1.0
Angus	46,100	961	2.2	953	99	540	1.2
Argyll & Bute	37,700	390	0.9	407	104	280	0.7

Clackmannanshire	20,200	577	1.3	556	96	310	1.5
Dumfries & Galloway	62,700	1,168	2.7	1,113	95	700	1.1
Dundee City	67,200	1,024	2.4	1,105	108	720	1.1
East Ayrshire	50,300	789	1.8	759	96	480	1.0

East Dunbartonshire	41,500	440	1.0	428	97	300	0.7
East Lothian	36,700	1,080	2.5	985	91	510	1.4
East Renfrewshire	33,500	274	0.6	216	79	130	0.4
Edinburgh, City of	199,400	3,795	8.8	3,781	100	3,740	1.9

Eilean Siar	11,600	173	0.4	171	99	180	1.6
Falkirk	60,100	1,064	2.5	1,065	100	660	1.1
Fife	146,900	2,824	6.6	2,825	100	1,760	1.2
Glasgow City	272,800	12,665	29.4	11,022	87	10,740	3.9

Highland	86,900	979	2.3	987	101	820	0.9
Inverclyde	38,000	386	0.9	354	92	320	0.8
Midlothian	31,200	370	0.9	370	100	380	1.2
Moray	35,300	403	0.9	402	100	220	0.6

North Ayrshire	58,100	984	2.3	882	90	600	1.0
North Lanarkshire	129,100	1,838	4.3	1,813	99	1,130	0.9
Orkney	8,100	105	0.2	94	90	70	0.9
Perth & Kinross	55,700	523	1.2	512	98	450	0.8

Renfrewshire	75,800	659	1.5	654	99	410	0.5
Scottish Borders, The	45,400	656	1.5	609	93	490	1.1
Shetland	8,900	166	0.4	148	89	120	1.3
South Ayrshire	47,900	903	2.1	833	92	600	1.3

South Lanarkshire	123,400	2,038	4.7	1,906	94	1,350	1.1
Stirling	33,400	938	2.2	911	97	770	2.3
West Dunbartonshire	41,600	701	1.6	588	84	380	0.9
West Lothian	61,000	1,270	2.9	967	76	980	1.6

See Notes on Tables - page 13
1. All figures rounded to the nearest hundred therefore Scotland total may differ from sum of individual authorities.
2. Estimated by grossing up case returns to reported total and rounding to the nearest ten, therefore Scotland total may differ from sum of individual authorities.