Question reference: S6W-00503
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 4 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many children are currently recorded as living in temporary accommodation in the South Scotland region, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Data relating to homelessness and the use of temporary accommodation is collected on a local authority basis. Since the South Scotland region does not align with local authority boundaries it is not possible to provide the number of children in temporary accommodation for this region.
The Scottish Government does however routinely publish the number of children in temporary accommodation by local authority. The most recent figures for children in temporary accommodation as at 30 th September were published in the ‘Homelessness In Scotland: update to 30 th September 2020’ publication on 23 rd March 2021. The publication is available here:
Homelessness in Scotland: update to 30 September 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)