- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 October 2026
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in 2025, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
Answer
Local Authority | Live cases at 25 December 2025 | Number of adults | Number of children |
Scotland | 33,548 | 39,002 | 17,439 |
Aberdeen City | 600 | 648 | 195 |
Aberdeenshire | 269 | 305 | 118 |
Angus | 564 | 612 | 139 |
Argyll & Bute | 295 | 352 | 135 |
Clackmannanshire | 425 | 465 | 157 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 521 | 585 | 180 |
Dundee City | 874 | 944 | 265 |
East Ayrshire | 261 | 291 | 160 |
East Dunbartonshire | 327 | 374 | 199 |
East Lothian | 628 | 690 | 194 |
East Renfrewshire | 646 | 795 | 436 |
Edinburgh | 9,119 | 10,973 | 4,738 |
Eilean Siar | 81 | 86 | 32 |
Falkirk | 776 | 842 | 177 |
Fife | 1,571 | 1,788 | 688 |
Glasgow City | 6,950 | 8,417 | 4,648 |
Highland | 878 | 995 | 396 |
Inverclyde | 214 | 225 | 54 |
Midlothian | 685 | 746 | 548 |
Moray | 152 | 167 | 44 |
North Ayrshire | 529 | 638 | 202 |
North Lanarkshire | 964 | 1,079 | 478 |
Orkney | 218 | 260 | 147 |
Perth & Kinross | 211 | 224 | 25 |
Renfrewshire | 500 | 548 | 87 |
Scottish Borders | 543 | 635 | 308 |
Shetland | 123 | 134 | 17 |
South Ayrshire | 338 | 367 | 109 |
South Lanarkshire | 2,130 | 2,420 | 1,409 |
Stirling | 520 | 567 | 230 |
West Dunbartonshire | 419 | 467 | 197 |
West Lothian | 1,217 | 1,363 | 727 |