Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2012-13

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2013. 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 2013 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.


Table 2

Total applications by household type

1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Single person 23,900 25,700 27,500 28,500 28,800 31,400 34,136 36,730 36,097 38,415 37,334 34,404 35,440 35,368 34,910 28,944 25,763
Single parent 12,000 12,100 12,000 12,200 11,500 11,800 11,630 12,586 13,565 14,296 14,076 13,789 13,907 13,806 13,099 10,912 8,979
Couple without children 1,700 1,700 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,800 2,224 2,561 2,840 2,861 2,918 2,940 2,922 2,766 2,599 1,864 1,625
Couple with children 3,100 3,100 2,900 2,600 2,400 2,300 2,599 2,813 3,027 3,050 3,155 3,304 2,980 2,968 2,832 2,125 1,887
Other household type 500 600 400 400 600 1,000 1,536 1,924 1,867 2,062 2,126 2,771 2,427 2,303 2,204 1,702 1,573

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