Homelessness applications: FOI release
- Published
- 24 September 2020
- Topic
- Housing, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000068969
- Date received
- 31 July 2020
- Date responded
- 27 August 2020
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
Data on homelessness applications by local authority for Oct-Dec 2019, Jan-March 2020 and April-June 2020.
Response
The Scottish Government regularly collects and publishes data on homeless applications from local authorities in Scotland. Our most recent publication, 'Homelessness in Scotland: 2019-20' was published on 27th August 2020, and contains data for applications up to 31st March 2020. We expect to publish official statistics for the period 1st April to 30th September 2020 in January 2021.
The table below gives the quarterly number of applications by local authority for October to December 2019 and January to March 2020.
| 2019 Q4 | 2020 Q1 | |
| Scotland | 8635 | 9324 |
| Aberdeen City | 381 | 367 |
| Aberdeenshire | 289 | 294 |
| Angus | 141 | 141 |
| Argyll & Bute | 92 | 113 |
| Clackmannanshire | 107 | 138 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 207 | 250 |
| Dundee City | 288 | 330 |
| East Ayrshire | 191 | 211 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 80 | 110 |
| East Lothian | 164 | 168 |
| East Renfrewshire | 84 | 83 |
| Edinburgh | 800 | 845 |
| Eilean Siar | 28 | 38 |
| Falkirk | 305 | 284 |
| Fife | 653 | 693 |
| Glasgow City | 1524 | 1524 |
| Highland | 261 | 333 |
| Inverclyde | 64 | 59 |
| Midlothian | 98 | 113 |
| Moray | 117 | 136 |
| North Ayrshire | 241 | 301 |
| North Lanarkshire | 498 | 516 |
| Orkney | 29 | 43 |
| Perth & Kinross | 214 | 190 |
| Renfrewshire | 184 | 231 |
| Scottish Borders | 169 | 187 |
| Shetland | 21 | 21 |
| South Ayrshire | 201 | 246 |
| South Lanarkshire | 478 | 503 |
| Stirling | 152 | 210 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 247 | 273 |
| West Lothian | 327 | 373 |
We do not currently have data on applications for April to June 2020 as part of our routine homelessness data collections. However the Scottish Government has been collecting data on homeless applications as part of its response to Coronavirus. This information is published as management information and not as Official or National Statistics, and is available at:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/sg.eas.learninganalysis#!/vizhome/VulnerableChildrenandAdultProtection
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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