The Scottish Government

Local authority area

As at 31 March……

2000

2001

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Aberdeen City

144

3.7

148

3.8

Aberdeenshire

89

1.9

82

1.7

Angus

50

2.3

45

2.1

Argyll & Bute

42

2.7

18

1.1

Clackmannanshire

20

2.0

11

1.1

Dumfries & Galloway

55

2.0

111

4.0

Dundee City

42

1.5

45

1.7

East Ayrshire

14

0.6

10

0.4

East Dunbartonshire

14

0.7

4

0.2

East Lothian

70

3.9

60

3.3

East Renfrewshire

19

1.1

21

1.2

Edinburgh, City of

317

4.1

309

4.0

Eilean Siar

12

2.2

19

3.6

Falkirk

73

2.6

86

3.0

Fife

76

1.1

65

0.9

Glasgow City

325

2.8

305

2.6

Highland

166

3.9

96

2.3

Inverclyde

8

0.5

9

0.5

Midlothian

57

3.5

56

3.4

Moray

22

1.2

30

1.7

North Ayrshire

41

1.5

22

0.8

North Lanarkshire

52

0.8

48

0.7

Orkney Isles

2

0.5

7

1.8

Perth & Kinross

36

1.4

60

2.4

Renfrewshire

51

1.4

78

2.2

Scottish Borders

37

1.8

31

1.5

Shetland

10

2.0

11

2.2

South Ayrshire

7

0.3

13

0.6

South Lanarkshire

67

1.1

71

1.1

Stirling

21

1.3

31

1.9

West Dunbartonshire

21

1.0

14

0.7

West Lothian

90

2.7

84

2.5

SCOTLAND

2,050

2.0

2,000

2.0