Footnotes
1 Members of the Task Force were: Scottish Executive, DWP, Communities Scotland, CoSLA, Association of Directors of Social Work, SFHA, Shelter Scotland, Scottish Council for Single Homeless, The Big Issue in Scotland, Greater Glasgow Health Board, University of Glasgow
2 Section 3, Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 10) - see Annex A for full text.
3 stage 1 debate, Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Bill, 18 December 2002 - Official record, col 16454
4 Homes for Scotland's People - a Scottish Housing Policy Statement, published March 2005, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/development/hfsphp-00.asp
5 Legislative Proposals on Homelessness - Homelessness Task Force Initial Report published April 2000, ISBN 0-7480-9355-9.
6 Good reason is defined in statutory guidance issued by the Scottish Executive ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/housing/homelessupdate.pdf)
7 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/society/htff-00.asp
8 latest report published April 2005, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/04/05144752/47539
9 Priority need is defined at section 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, as amended.
10 section 20, Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
11 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/31133334/33366
12 A 2003 Crisis report estimates that on the costs associated with resolving homelessness for one individual can be £24,500 ( http://www.crisis.org.uk/pdf/HowManyHowMuch_full.pdf)
13 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/14844/1762
14 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/DD/H3/00019504/page1074550438.pdf
15 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/14844/9869
16 http://www.shcs.gov.uk
17 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/14844/9869
18 http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_005841.hcsp
19 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20703/52758
20 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00363-00.asp
21 Scottish Household Survey data for 2003 indicated that 4% of adults now living in private households had experienced homelessness but only 42% of these had received help from their local authority.
22 Some local authorities assume that the proportion of people securing accommodation will increase as improvements are made and 'lost contact' cases decrease - see paragraph 71
23 For the latest figures see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00399-00.asp
24 For full report see http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_009118.pdf
25 See paragraph 20 for explanation of section 5 referrals.
26 The Homeless Persons Interim Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2002 - these allow for the provision of interim accommodation where a housing support services assessment has concluded that the household requires services which cannot reasonably be provided within permanent accommodation.
27 The HTF recommended that intentionally homeless households should be offered a more structured package of accommodation and support, and that local connection provisions should be suspended so that applicants can apply to any local authority. These provisions are not yet in force.
28 See section 5 for further detail.
29 The Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) Order 2003 ( SSI 2003 No 609)
30 Research findings at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20703/52758
31 Currently those who are 'vulnerable as a result of' old age, mental illness, personality disorder, learning disability, physical disability, chronic ill health, having suffered miscarriage/undergone abortion, having been discharged from hospital/prison/armed forces are deemed to be in priority need.
32 http://www.scotlland.gov.uk/consultations