Information on LGBT individuals who are or have been homeless: FOI release
- Published
- 6 November 2018
- Topic
- Housing, Public sector
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Date received: 11 October 2018
Date responded: 6 November 2018
You asked for the data for each of the past five years (2014-2018 to date) regarding:
- The total number of people that have been homeless in Scotland and what proportion of the total Scottish population that represents, for each year.
- How many LGBT+ individuals were homeless during that period and, if possible, what proportion of LGBT+ individuals that represents.
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Financial year of assessment |
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2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
| Number of people assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness |
47,067 |
47,305 |
45,549 |
46,183 |
47,140 |
| Number of households assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness |
27,947 |
27,755 |
26,771 |
26,749 |
26,949 |
| Percentage of Scottish population assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness |
0.9% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
Source: HL1 published dataset as at 10 May 2018 & NRS Mid-year population estimates
Note: The numbers in the above table are for unique homeless assessments, so any repeat cases (assessment within a year of a previous application being closed) are excluded.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained below.
Reasons for not providing information
The Scottish Government does not have the information
The Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have asked for because data on sexual orientation is not collected during a homeless application.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses
Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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