Question reference: S6W-01839
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people recorded as being homeless have died in each year since 1999.
Answer
The exact information is not available, as National Records of Scotland only began collecting this data from 2017 onwards. The latest report, ‘Deaths of People Experiencing Homelessness in Scotland’, can be found here: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/homeless-deaths/19/homeless-deaths-19-report.pdf .
Please note that these are experimental statistics and remain under development. Users should refer to the limitations section of each report before interpreting these statistics.
Earlier reports can be found here: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/homeless-deaths/2017-and-2018 .
Supplementary data tables can be found here: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/homeless-deaths/19/homeless-deaths-19-data.xlsx .
Homeless Deaths 2017 and 2018 | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk) .