HC Deb 16 May 1986 vol 97 cc574-9W
Mr. Maxton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will produce four tables of information relating to Scottish applications under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 for 1984–85 in a form similar to that published on pages 42–44 of "Scottish Housing Statistics 1984".

Mr. Ancram

The information requested is set out below. The figures are provisional and subject to change. The form of the tables reflects changes, effective from 1 April 1984, in the information collection system.

As assessed by local authority
Status Period of application (year ending 31 March) Number of applicants Number of intentionally homeless Number for whom accommodation secured
Not stated or contact lost 1981 3,615 — 85
1982 4,018 — 32
1983 4,260 — 43
1984 3,502 — 35
1985 4,524 — —
Total applications 1981 14,861 878 8,609
1982 15,950 768 9,358
1983 16,522 874 9,507
1984 *15,245 778 8,992
1985 18,254 885 10,191
* From recent information received, a number of returns are outstanding for 1984. The total number of applications for this period is estimated to be around 16,000.

Table 2
Applicant households by reason for loss of last accommodation and type of priority need 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985
Type of priority need* Total
Household with dependent children Household member pregnant Household member vulnerable because of: Household homeless in emergency Household not in priority-need Number Percentage
Reason for loss of last accommodation Old age Physical disability Mental illness Other special reasons
Parents, friends or relatives no longer willing/able to accommodate 3,294 1,224 267 118 94 778 10 2,170 7,829 42.9
Dispute with spouse/cohabitee—violent 1,985 64 40 27 11 246 2 159 2.422 13.3
Dispute with spouse/cohabitee—nonviolent 2,064 58 79 22 32 339 6 554 3,089 16.9
Court order 511 30 23 15 6 93 1 123 779 4.3
Loss of service tenancy 206 25 32 14 2 24 1 87 380 2.1
Action by landlord 321 79 57 19 4 28 2 135 621 3.4
Fire, flood, storm, etc 194 5 31 8 6 12 459 11 586 3.2
Discharged from institution 10 8 12 8 34 67 2 36 173 0.9
Lost accommodation in hostel/hotel 63 39 24 9 8 26 2 172 333 1.8
Gave up secure accommodation 420 43 45 13 6 47 1 137 678 3.7
Other 622 107 114 33 28 116 7 370 1,359 7.4
Total Number 9,690 1,682 724 286 231 1,776 493 3.954 †18,249 100
Percentage 53.1 9.2 4.0 1.6 1.3 9.7 2.7 21.7 100
* Households may be in priority need for more than one reason. All reasons given are shown in the table.
† Excluding 5 valid cases.

Table 3
Applicant household by circumstances as assessed by the authority and type of accommodation secured 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985
Type of accommodation secured Total
Circumstances as assessed by the authority Permanent accommodation Short stay accommodation only None Transferred to another authority Number Percentage
Priority homeless, unintentional 5,011 1,728 195 71 7,005 38.4
Priority homeless, intentional 238 141 193 21 593 3.2
Non-priority homeless 179 175 1,027 1 1,382 7.6
Priority potentially homeless, unintentional 1,498 88 114 34 1,734 9.5
Priority potentially homeless, intentional 123 24 141 4 292 1.6
Non-priority, potentially homeless 227 48 722 5 1,052 5.8
Neither homeless nor potentially homeless 672 39 955 6 1,672 9.2
Contact lost, etc — — 4,524 — 4,524 24.8
Total Number 7,948 2,243 7,921 142 18,254 100.0
Percentage 43.5 12.3 43.4 0.8 100.0

Table 4
Summary of district returns 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985
Applicants Applications assessed as in priority groups Number of applicants for whom permanent accommodation secured Number of applicants for whom only short stay accommodation secured Number of applicants in short stay accommodation on 31 March 1985
Area Number Per 1,000 households Number Number intentionally homeless
SCOTLAND 18,254 9.6 9,624 885 7,948 2,243 835

Applicants Applications assessed as in priority groups Number of applicants for whom permanent accommodation secured Number of applicants for whom only short stay accommodation secured Number of applicants in short stay accommodation on 31 March 1985
Area Number Per 1,000 households Number Number intentionally homeless
Borders 46 1.1 42 2 34 11 8
Berwickshire 8 1.1 7 — 6 1 2
Ettrick and Lauderdale 11 0.8 9 — 8 3 1
Roxburgh 27 1.9 26 2 20 7 5
Tweedale — — — — — — —
Central 2,174 21.7 1,858 43 477 1,257 30
Clackmannan 262 15.0 203 — 202 — 3
Falkirk 1,552 29.0 1,492 39 108 1,253 3
Stirling 360 12.4 163 4 167 4 24
Dumfries and Galloway 301 5.6 233 20 209 22 21
Annandale and Eskdale 58 4.3 36 3 26 5 1
Nithsdale 120 5.8 99 11 111 — 14
Stewartry 95 11.0 70 6 62 3 2
Wigtown 28 2.5 28 — 10 14 4
Fife 858 6.7 518 36 507 53 17
Dunfermline 316 6.8 272 8 240 16 12
Kirkcaldy 285 5.0 144 12 191 25 5
North East Fife 257 10.2 102 16 76 12 —
Grampian 472 5.2 521 66 432 100 18
City of Aberdeen 707 8.3 307 47 259 78 3
Banff and Buchan 23 0.8 20 3 19 — —
Gordon 48 1.9 46 3 37 5 4
Kincardine and Deeside 21 1.3 21 — 21 — —
Moray 173 5.7 127 13 96 17 11
Highland 92 1.3 61 4 63 9 17
Badenoch and Strathspey — — — — — — —
Cathness 1 0.1 1 — — 1 1
Inverness — — — — — — 6
Lochaber 58 8.3 33 3 42 2 2
Nairn 18 4.9 13 1 7 6 5
Ross and Cromarty 15 0.9 14 — 14 — —
Skye and Lochalsh — — — — — — 3
Sutherland — — — — — — —
Lothian 1,923 0.7 734 137 657 287 37
East Lothian 338 11.2 247 15 206 26 4
City of Edinburgh 1,146 6.5 319 55 373 175 15
Midlothian 223 7.8 63 45 10 24 12
West Lothian 216 4.3 105 22 68 62 6
Strathclyde 10,654 12.5 4,770 530 4,807 406 642
Argyll and Bute 245 10.1 126 24 96 28 1
Bearsden and Milngavie 57 4.1 27 6 38 2 4
Clydebank 9 6.5 4 — 4 — 9
Clydesdale 26 1.3 23 1 24 — —
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 38 1.8 29 4 19 1 8
Cumnock and Doon Valley 59 3.8 49 4 18 32 9
Cunninghame 322 6.4 263 12 216 39 4
Dumbarton 45 1.6 8 — 13 2 37
East Kilbride 306 10.7 151 27 88 74 35
Eastwood 12 0.6 11 — 4 7 4
City of Glasgow 5,586 20.2 2,154 105 2,296 6 357
Hamilton 538 14.4 302 92 334 78 14
Inverclyde 333 9.3 171 16 144 32 17
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 68 2.3 30 6 26 3 12
Kyle and Carrick 710 16.7 294 63 208 32 37
Monklands 302 8.3 92 43 142 19 4
Motherwell 1,059 20.3 344 74 442 28 38
Renfrew 667 8.9 552 42 576 7 44
Strathkelvin 272 9.3 140 11 119 16 8
Tayside 1,118 7.3 807 39 716 57 16
Angus 211 5.9 129 9 69 45 4
City of Dundee 431 6.1 398 4 398 — 8
Perth and Kinross 476 10.4 280 26 249 12 4
Islands Councils 116 4.5 80 8 46 41 29

Applicants Applications assessed as in priority groups Number of applicants for whom permanent accommodation secured Number of applicants for whom only short stay accommodation secured Number of applicants in short stay accommodation on 31 March 1985
Area Number Per 1,000 households Number Number intentionally homeless
Orkney Islands 12 1.7 10 2 10 — 2
Shetland Islands 79 9.6 50 6 16 39 24
Western Islands 25 2.3 20 — 20 2 3

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