Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2012. It includes information on the characteristics of applicant households, local authority assessments and the action taken in respect of cases that were concluded. Snapshot data on households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2012 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.


Table 2b: Total applications by household type and gender

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Single person: male 23,676 25,535 24,334 25,898 24,549 22,228 23,188 23,364 22,880 18,861
Single person: female 10,460 11,207 11,763 12,520 12,788 12,175 12,258 11,999 12,058 10,016
Total single person 34,136 36,742 36,097 38,418 37,337 34,403 35,446 35,363 34,938 28,877
Single parent: male 1,187 1,457 1,820 2,345 2,747 3,029 3,490 3,883 3,748 3,079
Single parent: female 10,442 11,129 11,744 11,960 11,326 10,763 10,415 9,927 9,347 7,738
Total single parent 11,629 12,586 13,564 14,305 14,073 13,792 13,905 13,810 13,095 10,817
Couple without children 2,224 2,563 2,841 2,861 2,917 2,940 2,923 2,773 2,603 1,881
Couple with children 2,599 2,813 3,026 3,051 3,155 3,304 2,980 2,971 2,820 2,059
Other without children 864 1,032 1,013 1,100 1,123 1,406 1,265 1,188 1,193 864
Other with children 672 895 854 963 1,003 1,366 1,162 1,109 1,014 824
Total 52,124 56,631 57,395 60,698 59,608 57,211 57,681 57,214 55,663 45,322

Contact

Email: Housing Access and Support Statistics

Back to top