Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2013-14

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2014. 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 2014 are also presented.


Table D

Applicants who slept rough the night before

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Change 2009-10 to 2013-14
Number Percentage
Scotland 2,745 2,520 1,956 1,747 1,787 -958 -35%
Aberdeen City 184 220 84 64 38 -146 -79%
Aberdeenshire 114 103 85 78 71 -43 -38%
Angus 19 37 28 19 18 -1 -5%
Argyll & Bute 60 35 32 29 25 -35 -58%
Clackmannanshire 23 29 20 11 21 -2 -9%
Dumfries & Galloway 68 50 56 43 38 -30 -44%
Dundee City 195 133 83 92 91 -104 -53%
East Ayrshire 24 19 32 9 8 -16 -67%
East Dunbartonshire 10 13 9 6 9 -1 -10%
East Lothian 103 61 23 18 25 -78 -76%
East Renfrewshire 14 15 19 16 12 -2 -14%
Edinburgh, City of 467 512 446 367 438 -29 -6%
Eilean Siar 6 5 8 5 6 0 0%
Falkirk 118 65 12 0 0 -118 -100%
Fife 173 373 75 157 171 -2 -1%
Glasgow City 490 369 535 475 445 -45 -9%
Highland 187 114 87 45 55 -132 -71%
Inverclyde 19 23 22 11 6 -13 -68%
Midlothian 15 7 12 14 4 -11 -73%
Moray 37 38 48 31 28 -9 -24%
North Ayrshire 43 25 12 10 9 -34 -79%
North Lanarkshire 11 13 9 15 11 0 0%
Orkney 5 4 2 4 1 -4 -80%
Perth & Kinross 61 63 36 28 39 -22 -36%
Renfrewshire 62 51 51 58 31 -31 -50%
Scottish Borders, The 42 15 15 18 20 -22 -52%
Shetland 6 7 8 5 9 3 50%
South Ayrshire 42 31 32 52 26 -16 -38%
South Lanarkshire - - - - - - 0%
Stirling 78 47 18 13 9 -69 -88%
West Dunbartonshire 69 43 57 54 123 54 78%
West Lothian - - - - - - 0%

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