Question reference: S5W-09061
- 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 how many homeless people have used temporary accommodation in each year since 2012.
Answer
Data on the number of homeless people using temporary accommodation in each year is not currently available.
The HL2 data collection provides a snapshot of the number of households in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter. This is published on a
bi-annual basis. The most recent published data is from 30 September 2016 and is available in Table 8 of the publication Homelessness in Scotland: Update to 30 September 2016 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00512963.xls.