Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2011)

Statistics relating to the operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2011, also including households in temporary accommodation as at 31 December 2011.


Table 15 - Households in temporary accommodation by local authority: at 30 June 2011

  Total number of households Number of households with children or pregnant women Total number of children
Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total Social sector1 Hostel Bed & Breakfast Other2 Total
Scotland 7,443 1,349 1,414 953 11,159 3,200 65 32 415 3,712 5,193 78 49 613 5,933
Aberdeen City 251 56 73 - 380 62 - - - 62 87 - - - 87
Aberdeenshire 270 29 166 4 469 171 10 3 4 188 286 13 4 6 309
Angus 121 - - - 121 6 - - - 6 11 - - - 11
Argyll & Bute 40 23 14 88 165 19 3 1 42 65 23 1 3 55 82
Clackmannanshire 50 - 41 20 111 33 - - 3 36 49 - - 1 50
Dumfries & Galloway 139 65 35 10 249 64 1 - - 65 87 1 - - 88
Dundee City 170 134 - 8 312 80 - - 5 85 148 - - 7 155
East Ayrshire 45 23 - 1 69 6 - - 1 7 14 - - 2 16
East Dunbartonshire 144 8 15 11 178 69 - - 1 70 130 - - 1 131
East Lothian 191 31 45 - 267 115 - - - 115 120 - - - 120
East Renfrewshire 28 - 3 7 38 9 - - 5 14 19 - - 10 29
Edinburgh, City of 491 - 266 - 757 298 - 1 - 299 445 - - - 445
Eilean Siar 48 - 29 2 79 19 - - - 19 22 - - - 22
Falkirk 248 - 40 - 288 121 - - - 121 180 - - - 180
Fife 526 45 93 - 664 183 4 23 - 210 336 3 39 - 378
Glasgow City 1,756 268 105 81 2,210 880 2 - 6 888 1,507 - - 9 1,516
Highland 194 62 262 151 669 123 15 4 82 224 212 19 3 120 354
Inverclyde 60 27 1 - 88 28 - - - 28 42 - - - 42
Midlothian 188 24 80 218 510 81 - - 109 190 130 - - 161 291
Moray 56 68 - 37 161 20 11 - 16 47 33 13 - 38 84
North Ayrshire 170 46 - 20 236 28 - - 10 38 42 - - 12 54
North Lanarkshire 442 14 - 19 475 153 - - - 153 268 - - - 268
Orkney 34 5 - 3 42 11 - - 1 12 23 - - 2 25
Perth & Kinross 193 114 15 87 409 76 8 - 51 135 120 15 - 78 213
Renfrewshire 203 - 11 - 214 38 - - - 38 65 - - - 65
Scottish Borders, The 80 - 5 - 85 27 - - - 27 46 - - - 46
Shetland 98 - - - 98 10 - - - 10 11 - - - 11
South Ayrshire 136 44 63 14 257 54 2 - 4 60 113 1 - 9 123
South Lanarkshire 509 105 3 2 619 255 1 - 5 261 381 1 - 8 390
Stirling 78 68 39 82 267 26 7 - 36 69 35 11 - 47 93
West Dunbartonshire 224 43 10 7 284 51 - - 3 54 86 - - 5 91
West Lothian 260 47 - 81 388 84 1 - 31 116 122 - - 42 164

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. Accommodation in 'other' category consists of property leased by the local authority to provide temporary accommodation for homeless applicants.

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