Prevention of homelessness duties: consultation analysis
This report provides an analysis of responses to the joint Scottish Government/ COSLA consultation on proposed new prevention of homelessness duties, which ran from 17 December 2021 to 8 April 2022.
Appendix A: Respondent classification
Given the range of sectors represented by respondents, analysts created a broad level of classification for analysis purposes. Respondents were assigned to one of the categories below based on the nature of their organisation.
| Sector | Number of responses | % of all responses |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | 20 | 18% |
| Organisations: | 93 | 82% |
| - Local authority |
29 | 26% |
| - Health and social care |
22 | 19% |
| - Third sector: |
20 | 18% |
| Housing | 13 | 12% |
| Domestic abuse | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| - Housing |
11 | 10% |
| - Children and young people |
3 | 3% |
| - Justice |
2 | 2% |
| - Other |
6 | 5% |