Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2006-07

Table 2 Applications by assessment and household type: 1996-97 to 2006-07

Table 2a Priority homeless

Number

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	16,800	17,600	18,400	20,200	20,500	26,800	29,355	31,459	31,139	32,668	31,464
Single person under 18	1,900	2,000	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,500	2,591	2,543	2,601	2,638	2,403
Single person 18-24	1,100	1,300	1,600	2,300	2,400	3,800	4,155	4,240	4,064	4,257	4,157
Single person 25-retirement	2,200	2,700	3,200	4,400	5,100	8,600	9,179	9,974	9,258	10,070	9,565
Single person over retirement age	700	700	700	700	700	700	954	897	826	801	816
Single parent under 25	2,300	2,100	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,200	2,302	2,551	2,811	2,860	2,704
Single parent 25+	5,700	5,900	5,900	6,000	5,600	6,100	6,370	6,891	7,094	7,515	7,238
Couple without children	700	600	800	800	700	800	1,052	1,254	1,347	1,366	1,437
Couple with children	2,000	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,832	1,982	2,020	2,034	2,064
Other household type	300	300	200	200	300	600	920	1,127	1,118	1,127	1,080

Table 2b Non-priority homeless

Number

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	13,900	14,900	15,100	13,400	12,800	10,300	10,760	11,448	10,410	10,597	9,659
Single person under 18	600	400	400	200	200	100	23	18	19	25	10
Single person 18-24	4,600	4,900	5,100	4,800	4,400	3,700	3,817	3,786	3,521	3,601	3,328
Single person 25-retirement	7,500	8,300	8,400	7,400	7,200	5,700	6,129	6,783	6,027	6,118	5,480
Single person over retirement age	100	100	100	100	100	*	23	25	32	34	44
Single parent under 25	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-	-	-
Single parent 25+	300	300	300	300	200	100	2	-	-	-	-
Couple without children	600	700	500	500	500	500	567	620	622	582	555
Couple with children	100	100	100	100	*	*	1	-	-	-	-
Other household type	100	100	100	100	100	100	197	216	189	237	242

Table 2c Not homeless/lost contact

Number

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	10,300	10,600	11,200	11,600	11,700	11,200	11,777	13,267	15,586	16,700	15,871
Single person under 18	1,300	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,600	1,400	1,265	1,308	1,459	1,485	1,360
Single person 18-24	1,400	1,300	1,500	1,700	1,700	1,700	1,963	2,351	2,621	2,898	2,821
Single person 25-retirement	2,200	2,100	2,300	2,700	2,800	2,900	3,632	4,268	5,165	5,664	5,419
Single person over retirement age	300	300	300	300	300	300	291	298	341	337	308
Single parent under 25	900	900	900	1,000	1,000	900	790	812	953	955	965
Single parent 25+	2,700	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,700	2,500	2,116	2,230	2,650	2,839	2,599
Couple without children	400	400	500	500	500	500	584	686	866	887	807
Couple with children	1,000	1,100	1,000	900	900	800	739	811	993	983	980
Other household type	100	200	100	100	200	300	397	503	538	652	612

Table 2d Priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8
Single person 18-24	7	7	9	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	13
Single person 25-retirement	13	15	17	22	25	32	31	32	30	31	30
Single person over retirement age	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Single parent under 25	13	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9
Single parent 25+	34	34	32	30	27	23	22	22	23	23	23
Couple without children	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Couple with children	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7
Other household type	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	3

Table 2e Non-priority homeless

Percentage

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	4	3	3	2	1	1	*	*	*	*	*
Single person 18-24	33	33	33	36	35	36	35	33	34	34	34
Single person 25-retirement	54	56	56	55	57	56	57	59	58	58	57
Single person over retirement age	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Single parent under 25	*	*	1	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-
Single parent 25+	2	2	2	2	2	1	*	-	-	-	-
Couple without children	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	6
Couple with children	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-
Other household type	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3

Table 2f Not homeless/lost contact

Percentage

Household type	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07 ¹
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Single person under 18	13	15	15	14	14	13	11	10	9	9	9
Single person 18-24	13	12	13	15	15	15	17	18	17	17	18
Single person 25-retirement	21	20	21	23	24	26	31	32	33	34	34
Single person over retirement age	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Single parent under 25	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6
Single parent 25+	26	26	25	24	23	22	18	17	17	17	16
Couple without children	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5
Couple with children	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6
Other household type	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	4	4

Notes: Data prior to 2002-03 are estimated see notes and definitions). Percentages for 2002-03 onwards are based on applications made during the period, including lost contact/withdrawal/resolved prior to assessment/ineligible, but excluding cases which have not yet been assessed.

1. For applications made in 2006-07, there were some 2,000 cases which had not been assessed by the end of the period (this may include cases where contact has been lost). Figures for 2006-07 are therefore provisional.

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