Scottish Government

Homelessness Data Provider site

This web site is designed to help local authority providers of homelessness data collected through the HL1 return and the electronic data capture system introduced in December 2001.

The quick link to find this site is www.scotland.gov.uk/homelessstatsuser

The Homelessness Data Provider site is split into the following areas:

• Key issues
  This page is intended to be a reference point for data providers, and will be updated regularly to include frequently asked questions and common issues. If you have information that you would like to share with other data providers, please contact us.
• Seminars and conferences
  This area contains information from Scottish Government information events on homelessness.
• Homelessness Statistics Users Group
  This section contains the papers and minutes from the meetings of the Homelessness Statistics Users Group.
• Reference information for HL1 users
  This area contains information about the HL1 questionnaire, including output specifications and guidance notes.
  2001 issue and 2007 issue.
• 2012 Pro-Forma and Analysis
  This area contains local authority pro-formas, guidance and resulting analysis from the exercise carried out in 2005.
• Publications on Homelessness Statistics
  This area contains all Scottish Government publications on homelessness statistics. The quick link to this page is www.scotland.gov.uk/homelessstats

• Compliance with the UK Statistics Authority's Code of Practice for Official Statistics
  -What is the Code of Practice for Official Statistics?
  - How we implement the Scottish Government's Revisions and Corrections Policy
  - Our Quality Statement

• Feedback
  We are always looking to improve our homelessness statistics and welcome feedback from our users. Please contact us to tell us how we can improve.