Homelessness (Hansard, 19 October 1989)

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of homeless people in Scotland as a whole, and for each of the four city district councils.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The Scottish Development Department does not make estimates of the numbers of homeless people.
Details of the numbers of households who have applied to local authorities under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 are shown in table 21 of the Scottish Development Department's statistical bulletin HSU No. 7 published in July 1989, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.

§ Mr. McAllion
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the numbers registered as homeless in(a) Dundee and (b) Scotland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
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§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The numbers of applicant households assessed as homeless by local authorities under the homelessness legislation are set out in the table:

Dundee Scotland

1978–79 210 7,490

1979–80 199 7,443

1980–81 155 7,024

1981–82 165 8,268

1982–83 171 8,665

1983–84 185 8,094

1984–85 399 9,912

1985–86 602 11,022

1986–87 565 10,557

1987–88 363 9,419

	Dundee	Scotland
1978–79	210	7,490
1979–80	199	7,443
1980–81	155	7,024
1981–82	165	8,268
1982–83	171	8,665
1983–84	185	8,094
1984–85	399	9,912
1985–86	602	11,022
1986–87	565	10,557
1987–88	363	9,419