Funding made available tolocal authorities to deal with homelessness issues is shown in the followingtable for each year since 1999-2000.It is not possible to identifythe numbers of people assisted through this expenditure, since the expenditurefigures include funding for prevention and diversion activities with people whodo not then go on to present as homeless to the local authority.Other Scottish Executivefunding lines, such as Supporting People, also contribute to tackling issues ofhomelessness.SE Funding to LocalAuthorities for Homelessness Activity, 1999-2000 to 2006-07 Year Total Homelessness Funding (£) 1999-2000 12,623,359 2000-01 15,199,000 2001-02 21,284,600 2002-03 33,381,000 2003-04 42,231,000 2004-05 55,290,000 2005-06 56,365,000 2006-07 56,949,000 S2W-25505