Question reference: S5W-20168
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 23 November 2018
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 December 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in each of the last three years, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
Answer
The following table gives the number of live homeless applications at December 25th for each local authority for each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Local Authority | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Aberdeen City | 1133 | 1107 | 1167 |
Aberdeenshire | 743 | 748 | 797 |
Angus | 638 | 728 | 752 |
Argyll & Bute | 302 | 285 | 335 |
Clackmannanshire | 198 | 180 | 232 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 378 | 286 | 283 |
Dundee City | 680 | 539 | 667 |
East Ayrshire | 133 | 202 | 211 |
East Dunbartonshire | 504 | 518 | 562 |
East Lothian | 640 | 686 | 661 |
East Renfrewshire | 114 | 149 | 97 |
Edinburgh | 2387 | 2648 | 2961 |
Eilean Siar | 139 | 133 | 124 |
Falkirk | 1433 | 1503 | 1664 |
Fife | 1140 | 1154 | 1187 |
Glasgow City | 3701 | 3518 | 3523 |
Highland | 741 | 835 | 888 |
Inverclyde | 159 | 161 | 174 |
Midlothian | 981 | 1033 | 1027 |
Moray | 190 | 213 | 205 |
North Ayrshire | 303 | 311 | 393 |
North Lanarkshire | 961 | 904 | 1008 |
Orkney | 87 | 103 | 117 |
Perth & Kinross | 676 | 307 | 256 |
Renfrewshire | 274 | 289 | 333 |
Scottish Borders | 204 | 220 | 288 |
Shetland | 170 | 152 | 124 |
South Ayrshire | 168 | 180 | 207 |
South Lanarkshire | 1126 | 1116 | 1056 |
Stirling | 290 | 311 | 364 |
West Dunbartonshire | 354 | 481 | 430 |
West Lothian | 822 | 982 | 1059 |
All | 21769 | 21982 | 23152 |
In addition, the following table gives the total number of adults and children associated with these applications.
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
Number of | Number of | Number of | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
Aberdeen City | 1250 | 379 | 1215 | 359 | 1271 | 366 |
Aberdeenshire | 923 | 444 | 941 | 407 | 948 | 410 |
Angus | 745 | 264 | 862 | 309 | 877 | 324 |
Argyll & Bute | 365 | 151 | 329 | 138 | 397 | 190 |
Clackmannanshire | 216 | 42 | 192 | 45 | 252 | 92 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 420 | 116 | 312 | 87 | 307 | 104 |
Dundee City | 759 | 337 | 596 | 315 | 743 | 368 |
East Ayrshire | 142 | 33 | 216 | 37 | 228 | 39 |
East Dunbartonshire | 572 | 320 | 596 | 349 | 656 | 384 |
East Lothian | 745 | 254 | 816 | 362 | 794 | 363 |
East Renfrewshire | 131 | 68 | 166 | 64 | 111 | 52 |
Edinburgh | 2761 | 1009 | 3107 | 1359 | 3446 | 1825 |
Eilean Siar | 155 | 42 | 143 | 43 | 137 | 65 |
Falkirk | 1677 | 850 | 1765 | 847 | 1928 | 919 |
Fife | 1287 | 657 | 1346 | 729 | 1381 | 795 |
Glasgow City | 4275 | 1951 | 4115 | 2019 | 4213 | 2310 |
Highland | 868 | 395 | 994 | 436 | 1040 | 429 |
Inverclyde | 178 | 35 | 177 | 41 | 187 | 48 |
Midlothian | 1141 | 522 | 1199 | 610 | 1182 | 570 |
Moray | 227 | 81 | 251 | 101 | 239 | 94 |
North Ayrshire | 313 | 23 | 337 | 66 | 435 | 113 |
North Lanarkshire | 1074 | 473 | 1024 | 430 | 1158 | 568 |
Orkney | 104 | 72 | 122 | 71 | 139 | 79 |
Perth & Kinross | 767 | 311 | 358 | 223 | 292 | 149 |
Renfrewshire | 289 | 40 | 309 | 56 | 356 | 83 |
Scottish Borders | 248 | 105 | 267 | 149 | 338 | 213 |
Shetland | 196 | 47 | 178 | 38 | 140 | 20 |
South Ayrshire | 185 | 47 | 191 | 65 | 222 | 43 |
South Lanarkshire | 1272 | 874 | 1258 | 868 | 1202 | 881 |
Stirling | 325 | 120 | 345 | 110 | 402 | 171 |
West Dunbartonshire | 385 | 95 | 514 | 97 | 460 | 118 |
West Lothian | 911 | 351 | 1130 | 528 | 1265 | 673 |
All | 24906 | 10508 | 25371 | 11358 | 26746 | 12858 |
Source: HL1 dataset as at 10/05/18