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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 applying to local authorities as homeless or potentially homeless: 1986-87 to 1997-98

Table 4

Area

1986-87

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

1992-93

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

Scotland

25,189

24,668

24,741

29,068

35,061

40,623

42,822

43,038

41,495

40,936

 
Borders
Berwickshire

8

9

7

18

16

36

36

41

26

52

Ettrick & Lauderdale

7

16

21

19

24

35

52

47

40

57

Roxburgh

34

23

29

17

119

121

106

281

257

209

Tweeddale

-

-

18

60

51

53

50

41

46

49

Central
Clackmannan

695

527

537

444

544

565

520

402

400

450

Falkirk

1,401

1,219

895

1,057

1,322

1,363

1,535

1,156

1,165

1,041

Stirling

283

436

539

698

578

689

814

814

895

877

Dumfries & Galloway
Annandale & Eskdale

38

46

83

59

94

106

129

103

112

129

Nithsdale

185

156

177

278

617

783

757

622

568

473

Stewartry

76

96

97

52

124

103

114

121

94

77

Wigtown

70

75

62

79

104

192

170

211

140

214

Fife
Dunfermline

475

460

332

372

357

476

445

464

302

475

Kirkcaldy

546

814

1,020

1,205

1,328

1,979

2,481

2,549

2,167

1,421

North East Fife

424

422

472

441

526

542

557

535

611

581

Grampian
Aberdeen

1,853

1,961

1,909

1,962

1,552

1,960

1,652

2,118

2,000

1,782

Banff & Buchan

80

101

140

166

224

431

521

559

495

539

Gordon

72

79

146

318

301

403

475

495

530

574

Kincardine & Deeside

37

31

20

38

41

40

150

175

156

159

Moray

299

174

189

174

190

282

342

272

470

515

Highland
Badenoch & Strathspey

-

1

9

6

19

34

44

54

48

68

Caithness

-

4

15

1

7

15

16

26

9

8

Inverness

302

290

270

268

378

279

301

331

478

522

Lochaber

93

75

44

59

75

111

121

114

139

128

Nairn

27

29

17

23

40

50

58

48

41

35

Ross & Cromarty

19

39

38

108

120

106

101

107

86

81

Skye & Lochalsh

40

34

36

65

69

74

61

38

45

35

Sutherland

-

-

10

-

11

17

11

9

27

23

Lothian
East Lothian

604

449

664

711

1,062

935

902

989

1,033

1,030

Edinburgh

2,128

1,603

1,801

3,042

3,240

3,147

3,448

3,483

3,025

2,484

Midlothian

270

307

271

197

146

209

382

368

488

470

West Lothian

243

288

305

430

519

837

1,144

1,076

1,057

1,280

Strathclyde
Argyll & Bute

294

318

284

320

328

326

339

333

289

371

Bearsden & Milngavie

61

54

58

70

65

104

91

68

52

45

Clydebank

396

521

736

650

698

779

579

379

316

389

Clydesdale

96

389

385

434

450

592

572

453

427

334

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth

381

406

331

611

491

505

533

590

580

533

Cumnock & Doon Valley

47

38

52

56

67

78

147

194

187

155

Cunninghame

314

299

235

345

447

603

553

496

546

683

Dumbarton

927

1,327

1,390

1,496

1,721

1,794

1,680

1,510

1,479

1,668

East Kilbride

440

494

427

454

556

621

561

576

676

725

Eastwood

7

9

13

14

17

14

15

23

22

20

Glasgow

5,705

5,361

5,273

6,258

9,940

11,876

12,367

13,200

12,468

12,067

Hamilton

359

269

290

362

342

318

475

644

544

671

Inverclyde

416

327

256

326

365

303

323

302

339

305

Kilmarnock & Loudoun

213

189

246

259

447

704

642

551

563

597

Kyle & Carrick

591

603

607

681

597

793

778

760

749

874

Monklands

523

495

439

456

353

481

439

678

597

707

Motherwell

1,005

877

624

783

1,022

968

1,020

960

848

816

Renfrew

1,196

1,022

1,184

1,073

945

1,155

1,160

903

1,026

952

Strathkelvin

301

257

190

255

343

416

413

352

280

345

Tayside
Angus

309

401

394

366

495

543

548

587

650

726

Dundee

688

667

681

852

933

893

803

854

1,003

1,013

Perth & Kinross

473

453

292

367

431

416

877

565

463

667

Islands Councils
Orkney

14

10

17

19

19

23

47

42

115

84

Shetland

77

51

97

136

135

237

210

206

176

188

Western Isles

47

67

67

58

56

108

155

163

150

163

See Notes on Tables - page 13
Note: Figures up to 1989-90 relate to the number of case returns received from local authorities. From 1990-91 figures are based on the total number of applicants as recorded on the quarterly summary return.

 

Number of households applying to local authorities as homeless or potentially homeless

Area

1996-97

1997-98

Scotland

41,010

43,051

 
Aberdeen City

1,916

1,739

Aberdeenshire

1,303

1,169

Angus

947

961

Argyll & Bute

555

390

 
Clackmannanshire

520

577

Dumfries & Galloway

1,085

1,168

Dundee City

1,037

1,024

East Ayrshire

591

789

 
East Dunbartonshire

482

440

East Lothian

1,049

1,080

East Renfrewshire

286

274

Edinburgh, City of

3,575

3,795

 
Eilean Siar

156

173

Falkirk

1,116

1,064

Fife

2,454

2,824

Glasgow City

12,014

12,665

 
Highland

898

979

Inverclyde

282

386

Midlothian

427

370

Moray

272

403

 
North Ayrshire

740

984

North Lanarkshire

1,668

1,838

Orkney

91

105

Perth & Kinross

515

523

 
Renfrewshire

714

659

Scottish Borders, The

639

656

Shetland

203

166

South Ayrshire

958

903

 
South Lanarkshire

1,795

2,038

Stirling

883

938

West Dunbartonshire

831

701

West Lothian

1,008

1,270

See Notes on Tables - page 13

 

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