Information on the number of applications from households to local authorities under the homeless persons legislation, for the last five years, is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre in the following two statistical bulletins: The Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1988-89 to 1998-99: National and Local Authority Analyses - HSG/2000/2" (table 3) and Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter ending 31 March 2000 - HSG/2000/7 (table 20).