FOI Request - Veterans and Housing Services Data
Request 101004007361
1. Housing Register
Please provide:
a) The number of households on the housing register identified as veterans of the UK Armed Forces.
b) The number of veteran households added to the housing register during each reporting year.
2. Social Housing Allocations
Please provide:
a) The number of veteran households allocated social housing.
3. Homelessness Applications
Please provide:
a) The number of homelessness applications where the applicant was identified as a veteran of the UK Armed Forces.
b) The number of veteran households owed:
• Prevention Duty
• Relief Duty
• Main Housing Duty
4. Temporary Accommodation
Please provide:
a) The number of veteran households placed into temporary accommodation.
5. Armed Forces Covenant Recording
Please confirm:
a) Whether your authority records Armed Forces veteran status within housing or homelessness systems.
b) Whether veteran status is recorded through self-identification or another method.
c) Whether your authority has specific housing guidance, policy, or procedures relating to the Armed Forces Covenant.
Response 25-06-2026
1.a) This not reportable as this is a working in progress statistical figure which is 159 currently, but no historical figures of this nature are kept.
b)
2020/21 9
2021/22 50
2022/23 43
2023/24 22
2024/25 26
2025/26 12
2026/27 <5*
2.a)
2021/22 29
2022/23 48
2023/24 37
2024/25 33
2025/26 29
2026/27 9
3.a)
2020/21 <5*
2021/22 14
2022/23 23
2023/24 8
2024/25 13
2025/26 <5*
2026/27 0
b)
• Prevention Duty: Not held. We do not record this at the prevention stage. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
• Relief Duty: This is part on the Homelessness Reduction Act which is not applicable in Scotland.
• Main Housing Duty:
2020/21 <5*
2021/22 14
2022/23 23
2023/24 8
2024/25 13
2025/26 <5*
4.
2021/22 14
2022/23 12
2023/24 9
2024/25 14
2025/26 18
2026/27 <5*
5. a) Yes
b) Self identification
c) Please refer to the Armed Forces Covenant page at http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_84425.html
* The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have
been redacted and marked with <5 instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal
information.