Councils supply data on eachapplication under the Homeless Persons legislation and these include, in those caseswhen a household spends time in temporary accommodation, the types of temporaryaccommodation occupied by the household in the course of their application.The table shows the number ofapplications by households with dependent children for 2002 and 2003, the numberof those applicant households reported as having been placed in temporary accommodationby the local authority, and the number who occupied one type of temporary accommodationor more than one type while their application was being processed.Prior to 2002, data were notcollected on the use of different types of temporary accommodation by local authorities.Data for 2004 will be published later this year.Number of Families Applyingas Homeless and Number in Different Types of Temporary Accommodation 2002 2003 Number of applications 14,507 15,491 Number In temporary accommodation 3,926 4,381 In one type of temporary accommodation 3,210 3,409 In more than one type of temporary accommodation 716 972 Source: HL1 data reported bylocal authorities to the Scottish Executive Development...