Question reference: S6W-22530
- Date lodged: 30 October 2023
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Current status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 10 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in 2022, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
Answer
The following table gives the number of homelessness applications live as at 25 December 2022, by local authority and the associated number of (a) adults and (b) children.
Number of | |||
Applications | Adults | Children | |
Scotland | 28,154 | 32,749 | 16,493 |
Aberdeen City | 490 | 527 | 211 |
Aberdeenshire | 288 | 326 | 142 |
Angus | 733 | 830 | 270 |
Argyll & Bute | 374 | 454 | 183 |
Clackmannanshire | 287 | 327 | 123 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 468 | 535 | 184 |
Dundee City | 691 | 749 | 301 |
East Ayrshire | 399 | 444 | 235 |
East Dunbartonshire | 294 | 336 | 221 |
East Lothian | 823 | 913 | 331 |
East Renfrewshire | 387 | 494 | 267 |
Edinburgh | 6,128 | 7,465 | 3,902 |
Eilean Siar | 124 | 142 | 46 |
Falkirk | 1,160 | 1,311 | 596 |
Fife | 1,983 | 2,259 | 1,000 |
Glasgow City | 4,863 | 5,857 | 3,537 |
Highland | 884 | 1,017 | 440 |
Inverclyde | 107 | 108 | 34 |
Midlothian | 616 | 663 | 443 |
Moray | 232 | 273 | 111 |
North Ayrshire | 427 | 526 | 201 |
North Lanarkshire | 764 | 861 | 468 |
Orkney | 169 | 197 | 115 |
Perth & Kinross | 159 | 183 | 55 |
Renfrewshire | 346 | 362 | 95 |
Scottish Borders | 333 | 407 | 255 |
Shetland | 102 | 110 | 27 |
South Ayrshire | 385 | 408 | 162 |
South Lanarkshire | 1,188 | 1,352 | 908 |
Stirling | 763 | 856 | 475 |
West Dunbartonshire | 587 | 641 | 337 |
West Lothian | 1,600 | 1,816 | 818 |