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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

Applicant households by local authority assessment and action, Scotland 1997-98	Table 6
Number

Local authority assessment	Permanent			All permanent	Short stay				All short stay	Referred to another authority	No accommodation	Total
Local authority assessment	LA/NT/SH HA dwelling	Return to previous	Other permanent	All permanent	LA dwelling	Hostel	B&B	Other	All short stay	Referred to another authority	No accommodation	Total
Total	11,100	4,400	1,100	16,500	600	4,900	600	700	6,900	200	14,600	38,200

Homeless	8,400	1,600	600	10,600	500	4,700	600	600	6,400	200	9,400	26,600
priority unintentional	7,700	800	300	8,800	400	600	400	300	1,700	200	1,600	12,300
priority intentional	100	200	100	400	-	200	100	-	300	-	700	1,400
non priority	500	600	200	1,400	100	3,900	100	300	4,400	-	7,100	12,900

Potentially homeless	2,400	700	200	3,200	100	100	-	-	300	-	2,400	5,800
priority unintentional	2,100	300	100	2,500	100	-	-	-	100	-	600	3,300
priority intentional	100	100	-	100	-	-	-	-	100	-	300	500
non priority	200	300	-	500	-	-	-	-	100	-	1,500	2,000

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless	400	2,100	300	2,800	-	100	-	100	200	-	2,800	5,800

Percentage

Local authorit assessment	Permanent			All permanent	Short stay				All short stay	Referred to another authority	No accommodation	Total
Local authorit assessment	LA/NT/SH HA dwelling	Return to previous	Other permanent	All permanent	LA dwelling	Hostel	B&B	Other	All short stay	Referred to another authority	No accommodation	Total
Total	29	11	3	43	2	13	2	2	18	1	38	*100*

Homeless	31	6	2	40	2	18	2	2	24	1	35	*100*
priority unintentional	62	6	3	71	3	5	3	3	14	1	13	100
priority intentional	10	11	5	26	3	12	6	3	24	-	50	100
non priority	4	5	2	11	-	30	1	2	34	-	55	100

Potentially homeless	40	11	3	54	1	2	-	1	4	1	41	*100*
priority unintentional	65	9	3	77	2	1	-	1	4	1	18	100
priority intentional	10	16	2	28	1	7	1	2	11	1	61	100
non priority	10	14	2	25	-	2	1	-	3	-	72	100

Neither homeless nor potentially homeless	7	37	5	48	-	2	1	1	4	-	48	*100*

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