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 9a: All applications closed by whether contact was maintained: Scotland

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number
All cases closed 45,788 51,552 54,770 59,095 57,886 53,743 57,381 56,126 55,302 47,748
Contact maintained throughout 33,998 37,689 36,133 39,373 38,260 35,318 37,785 39,557 38,607 35,014
Contact lost before assessment 4,393 5,392 6,986 7,614 7,509 6,077 6,682 4,307 4,201 2,931
Contact lost after assessment 5,381 5,346 7,990 7,959 7,836 7,296 6,913 5,804 5,980 5,380
Application withdrawn before assessment 0 0 0 0 0 2,339 3,040 3,504 3,626 2,423
Applicant ineligible for assistance 0 0 0 0 0 268 298 262 302 140
Homelessness resolved prior to assessment 2,016 3,125 3,661 4,149 4,281 2,445 2,663 2,692 2,586 1,860
All applications closed by whether contact was maintained: Scotland % of all cases closed
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number
All cases closed 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Contact maintained throughout 74 73 66 67 66 66 66 70 70 73
Contact lost before assessment 10 10 13 13 13 11 12 8 8 6
Contact lost after assessment 12 10 15 13 14 14 12 10 11 11
Application withdrawn before assessment 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 7 5
Applicant ineligible for assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Homelessness resolved prior to assessment 4 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4

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