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Publication - Statistics

Operation of the homeless persons legislation in Scotland: quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2007 (including households in temporary accommodation at 31 December 2007)

Published
22 April 2008
ISBN
978075597084

Routine homelessness statistics update to September 2007

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Table 4 Assessment decision by presence of children in household and age of main applicant: April to September 2007

Table 4a

Number

Household type / age of main applicant

Total

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Priority unintentional

1,122

1,236

1,033

4,738

455

8,584

268

586

975

4,283

6

6,118

14,702

Priority intentional

17

43

32

234

26

352

3

38

41

236

-

318

670

Non-priority

1

700

823

2,533

5

4,062

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,062

Not homeless

125

158

131

681

55

1,150

17

52

107

470

2

648

1,798

Lost contact/withdrew before assessment/ineligible

355

463

509

1,688

57

3,072

35

126

201

773

1

1,136

4,208

Resolved prior to assessment

102

109

106

440

51

808

18

34

49

257

2

360

1,168

All applications assessed in period

1,722

2,709

2,634

10,314

649

18,028

341

836

1,373

6,019

11

8,580

26,608

Table 4b

Percentage

Household type / age of main applicant

Total

Households without children

Households with children

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

16-17

18-20

21-24

25-retirement

Retirement plus

All

Priority unintentional

65

46

39

46

70

48

79

70

71

71

55

71

55

Priority intentional

1

2

1

2

4

2

1

5

3

4

-

4

3

Non-priority

*

26

31

25

1

23

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Not homeless

7

6

5

7

8

6

5

6

8

8

18

8

7

Lost contact/withdrew before assessment/ineligible

21

17

19

16

9

17

10

15

15

13

9

13

16

Resolved prior to assessment

6

4

4

4

8

4

5

4

4

4

18

4

4

All applications assessed in period

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Notes: All applications assessed in period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment. Figures do not include data from East Dunbartonshire and Shetland due to technical reasons and may include some under-reporting from other local authorities ( see footnotes for Table 1).

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