FOI/202000068969 · FOI · unclear
Homelessness applications: FOI release
Information requested
Data on homelessness applications by local authority for Oct-Dec 2019, Jan-March 2020 and April-June 2020.
Response
The Scottish Government regularly collects and publishes data on homeless applications from local authorities in Scotland. Our most recent publication, 'Homelessness in Scotland: 2019-20' was published on 27th August 2020, and contains data for applications up to 31st March 2020. We expect to publish official statistics for the period 1st April to 30th September 2020 in January 2021. The table below gives the quarterly number of applications by local authority for October to December 2019 and January to March 2020.
2019 Q4 2020 Q1 Scotland 8635 9324 Aberdeen City 381 367 Aberdeenshire 289 294 Angus 141 141 Argyll & Bute 92 113 Clackmannanshire 107 138 Dumfries & Galloway 207 250 Dundee City 288 330 East Ayrshire 191 211 East Dunbartonshire 80 110 East Lothian 164 168 East Renfrewshire 84 83 Edinburgh 800 845 Eilean Siar 28 38 Falkirk 305 284 Fife 653 693 Glasgow City 1524 1524 Highland 261 333 Inverclyde 64 59 Midlothian 98 113 Moray 117 136 North Ayrshire 241 301 North Lanarkshire 498 516 Orkney 29 43 Perth & Kinross 214 190 Renfrewshire 184 231 Scottish Borders 169 187 Shetland 21 21 South Ayrshire 201 246 South Lanarkshire 478 503 Stirling 152 210 West Dunbartonshire 247 273 West Lothian 327 373
We do not currently have data on applications for April to June 2020 as part of our routine homelessness data collections. However the Scottish Government has been collecting data on homeless applications as part of its response to Coronavirus. This information is published as management information and not as Official or National Statistics, and is available at: https://public.tableau.com/profile/sg.eas.learninganalysis#!/vizhome/VulnerableChildrenandAdultProtection
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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