The Scottish government has released statistics regarding lets made by social landlords.

The report of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) lets in 2011/12 was released by Scotland's Chief Statistician.

The report was generated from the Scottish Continuous Recording System (SCORE), which monitors new tenancies granted by social landlords.

SCORE is a voluntary system which has been in use in the RSL sector since 1990.

It records statistics and information regarding all new tenancies relating to both the house occupied and the tenant household.

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The report found that the average weekly rent for general needs lettings increased by 3.1%. This translates as an increase from £61.60 in 2010-11 to £63.49 in 2011-12.

It was also found that 71.4% of SCORE lets were for households containing a single person or parent.

The most common household type was found to be those for single adults, at 38.7%.

Increasing unemployment in Scotland was apparent in the employment status of households surveyed.

35.7% was made to working households, while 34.4% was made to unemployed households.

The remainder was made up predominantly of retired and long term sick households.

It was found that 22.3% of households gaining a new let had previously resided with the same Housing Association.

Various other commonalities with regard to living circumstances included living with immediate family at 15.9%, living in a B&B or temporary accommodation at 15.2% and living with friends or relatives 11.2%.

11.0% rented privately while and 7.9% rented from a council.

(IT)