Stastical Bulletin Housing Series: HSG/1999/3: Page 27

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

Households assessed as in priority need, 1997-98: type of household and local authority action

Table 21

Area	Households assessed as in priority need1	One person households			One parent households			Couple with or without children			Others
		Number1	Percentage secured		Number1	Percentage secured		Number1	Percentage secured		Number1	Percentage secured
		Number1	Permanent accom- modation	Short stay accom- modation	Number1	Permanent accom- modation	Short stay accom- modation	Number1	Permanent accom- modation	Short stay accom- modation	Number1	Permanent accom- modation	Short stay accom- modation
Scotland	17,500	6,700	60	19	8,000	73	9	2,500	68	9	300	73	8
Aberdeen City	613	290	65	24	222	68	14	96	66	10	5	60	40
Aberdeenshire	537	217	80	5	203	89	-	109	87	4	8	100	-
Angus	324	112	51	-	141	58	-	65	46	-	6	83	-
Argyll & Bute	210	86	86	10	68	85	6	50	78	10	6	100	-
Clackmannanshire	162	59	63	-	72	67	-	30	60	-	1	100	-
Dumfries & Galloway	405	173	83	2	143	91	1	85	79	-	4	100	-
Dundee City	493	182	63	7	240	78	3	67	72	4	4	100	-
East Ayrshire	265	115	42	28	107	62	20	38	50	34	15	40	60
East Dunbartonshire	210	53	72	19	120	79	3	36	72	11	1	100	-
East Lothian	228	52	56	38	120	83	3	54	76	-	2	50	-
East Renfrewshire	101	45	73	4	45	84	2	11	64	27	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,550	1,105	80	2	1,147	85	1	269	86	-	29	83	-
Eilean Siar	76	22	91	5	46	98	-	8	100	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	332	59	44	8	178	60	4	57	53	9	38	89	-
Fife	860	315	73	5	390	82	1	148	78	1	7	71	-
Glasgow City	3,506	1,383	35	37	1,644	70	5	372	66	7	107	69	9
Highland	568	134	71	14	292	78	9	139	74	9	3	33	-
Inverclyde	245	130	88	4	100	86	4	10	80	10	5	80	20
Midlothian	211	67	18	67	110	16	75	32	25	66	2	-	50
Moray	160	57	91	2	70	97	1	32	84	-	1	100	-
North Ayrshire	265	97	80	3	139	84	1	28	79	4	1	100	-
North Lanarkshire	545	172	77	16	289	87	4	82	71	9	2	100	-
Orkney	53	22	59	9	19	68	-	12	75	-	-	-	-
Perth & Kinross	383	86	64	14	180	71	12	106	65	8	11	73	-
Renfrewshire	327	124	72	-	174	84	-	27	89	-	2	100	-
Scottish Borders, The	227	102	85	7	79	80	5	44	73	11	2	100	-
Shetland	64	21	57	14	32	63	3	9	67	-	2	50	-
South Ayrshire	353	188	38	46	99	51	43	63	41	43	3	-	67
South Lanarkshire	722	230	34	52	397	41	45	84	49	32	11	73	9
Stirling	421	180	79	18	181	92	5	58	95	3	2	-	50
West Dunbartonshire	326	107	75	5	197	89	1	21	76	5	1	100	-
West Lothian	577	227	25	47	220	21	32	120	24	23	10	30	20

See Notes on Tables - page 13
1. The Scotland figure is based on the total number of applications. The individual local authority figures are based on the numbers of individual case returns received, and therefore do not sum to the Scotland total given.