Question reference: S5W-09053
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 April 2017 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 May 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken to close a homeless case is in each local authority.
Answer
The following table shows the average (mean) time in weeks from date of application to date of duty discharge/case closure, for homeless applications assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness and closed in 2015-16, by local authority.
|
|
2015-16 |
|
Scotland |
33 |
|
Aberdeen City |
29 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
28 |
|
Angus |
20 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
33 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
31 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
40 |
|
Dundee City |
30 |
|
East Ayrshire |
16 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
48 |
|
East Lothian |
44 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
20 |
|
Edinburgh |
33 |
|
Eilean Siar |
45 |
|
Falkirk |
23 |
|
Fife |
32 |
|
Glasgow City |
35 |
|
Highland |
41 |
|
Inverclyde |
24 |
|
Midlothian |
96 |
|
Moray |
24 |
|
North Ayrshire |
20 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
34 |
|
Orkney |
17 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
49 |
|
Renfrewshire |
20 |
|
Scottish Borders |
20 |
|
Shetland |
76 |
|
South Ayrshire |
17 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
35 |
|
Stirling |
37 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
21 |
|
West Lothian |
33 |
Source: HL1 dataset as at 25-05-16