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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-36580

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many in-person visits have been undertaken by health visitors in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-37202

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the Independent Working Group on Antisocial Behaviour's review report, what consideration it has given to its recommendations regarding preventing homelessness.

Question reference: S6W-37197

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the public sector equality duty is reducing inequalities for people (a) in housing need and (b) who are homeless.

Question reference: S6W-37198

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what role alcohol and drugs partnerships have in preventing homelessness.

Question reference: S6W-37196

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had regarding whether the information sharing provisions within the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill are relevant to preventing homelessness.

Question reference: S6W-37203

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) knee and (b) hip replacement operations have taken place out-of-area for patients at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in each year since 1999, broken down by in-area NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-37200

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people presenting as homeless have attended (a) A&E and (b) GP surgeries in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-37204

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many attacks by dogs have been reported to Police Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-37205

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people under the age of 65 have received free personal care in each year since the instruction of the policy in 2002, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-36577

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 25 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have been placed in hotels and guest houses under temporary accommodation measures in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish Government does not collect specific information on temporary accommodation placements within hotels and guest houses. These are both captured under a broader ‘other’ category (via HL3 data collection).

Information is captured on Bed & Breakfast (B&B) temporary accommodation placements. The following table shows the number of children and young people that were placed in Bed & Breakfast (B&B) temporary accommodation at some point during each year from 2017-18 to 2023-24.

Data on temporary accommodation placements (HL3) is only available from 2017-18.

Children and young people are defined as when a household member is aged 24 and under.

Local Authority	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Scotland	4,505	4,690	4,180	3,645	4,175	5,460	7,225
Aberdeen City	85	70	55	85	30	350	385
Aberdeenshire	140	130	70	10	<4	0	0
Angus	20	15	10	35	15	10	15
Argyll & Bute	0	0	<4	35	<4	30	20
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	15	5	15	30
Dumfries & Galloway	0	0	0	5	0	90	195
Dundee City	5	0	25	110	120	135	185
East Dunbartonshire	145	70	25	<4	5	5	5
East Lothian	230	165	190	170	175	155	170
East Renfrewshire	10	15	35	25	35	30	165
Edinburgh	1,640	1,460	855	480	765	1,115	1,320
Eilean Siar	5	15	<4	10	5	0	5
Falkirk	0	0	<4	<4	5	30	30
Fife	105	70	135	195	105	275	390
Glasgow City	935	1,295	1,765	1,320	2,050	2,140	2,895
Highland	140	275	145	75	30	15	5
Inverclyde	<4	<4	20	30	0	0	<4
Midlothian	85	20	15	15	0	0	0
Moray	30	<4	0	<4	0	55	60
Orkney	5	0	10	5	10	5	5
Perth & Kinross	15	<4	5	<4	5	10	10
Renfrewshire	20	15	<4	105	10	35	65
Scottish Borders	<4	<4	5	0	0	<4	10
Shetland	<4	<4	<4	0	0	5	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	15	5	40	105
South Lanarkshire	45	85	65	175	30	95	335
Stirling	235	225	170	180	95	35	10
West Dunbartonshire	0	5	15	10	10	80	155
West Lothian	610	755	555	525	660	695	655

Data source: Scottish Government, HL1 & HL3 Homelessness statistics

Values of 1, 2, 3 or 4 are denoted by ‘<5’ for disclosure control purposes.

Notes:

The Scottish Government records temporary accommodation placements (HL3 data collection) and the number of people by age band associated with households making homelessness applications (HL1 data collection). HL1 and HL3 household records have been linked to provide an estimate of the number of children and young people in temporary accommodation placements.

Please note that it is not necessarily the case that all household members within a homelessness application will enter associated temporary accommodation placement(s). For example, alternative arrangements may be made for children so they are never present in the temporary accommodation.

Households can have multiple temporary accommodation placements. Only one placement per reporting period has been included. This means a child or young person will be included in each year in which they have spent time in temporary accommodation and not counted multiple times within the same year.