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Written Question · S5W-26835 · Session 5

In light of all unintentional and intentional homeless households being entitled to temporary accommodation or settled accommodation, how m…

Answered Asked by Alex Cole-Hamilton LD Lodged 6 Jan 2020

The question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of all unintentional and intentional homeless households being entitled to temporary accommodation or settled accommodation, how many households (a) were and (b) were not provided such accommodation in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019, and for what reason households were not provided accommodation.

The answer

Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 Jan 2020 · 17 days after it was lodged, on time

The following tables gives information about the use of temporary accommodation for all homeless applications that closed in the financial years ? 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 that were assessed as unintentionally or intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness.
Cases where a household is assessed as homeless but did not require temporary accommodation might include cases where the household was able to organise their own accommodation, or where they were moved directly to settled accommodation.

2016-2017:
Not provided
- Not required
Not provided
- Required
Provided
- Not taken up
Provided
- Taken up
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
10,160
177
549
15,842
26,728
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
494
17
46
926
1,483
All
10,654
194
595
16,768
28,211

2017-2018:
Not provided
- Not required
Not provided
- Required
Provided
- Not taken up
Provided
- Taken up
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
9,447
202
747
16,709
27,105
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
491
9
60
894
1,454
All
9,938
211
807
17,603
28,559

2018-2019:
Not provided
- Not required
Not provided
- Required
Provided
- Not taken up
Provided
- Taken up
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
9,503
210
976
17,940
28,629
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
464
7
69
972
1,512
All
9,967
217
1,045
18,912
30,141
The following tables give information about whether the final outcome for these households was settled accommodation. Settled accommodation here is a local authority tenancy, a tenancy with a registered social landlord or a tenancy in the private rented sector.

2016-2017:
Non-settled
Settled
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
8,471
18,257
26,728
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
1,071
412
1,483
All
9,542
18,669
28,211

2017-2018:
Non-settled
Settled
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
8,194
18,911
27,105
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
1,075
379
1,454
All
9,269
19,290
28,559

2018-2019:
Non-settled
Settled
All
Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
8,404
20,225
28,629
Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
1,127
385
1,512
All
9,531
20,610
30,141
The Scottish Government does not collect data on the reason why households are not offered temporary or settled accommodation.
Source: HL1 dataset as at 07-06-2019

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