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Table 2
Staff of Scottish Social Work Services, 1999 to 2004
Number of Staff and Staff per 1,000 Population (1) by Local Authority (2)(3)

Local Authority

Number of Staff ( WTE)

Staff ( WTE) per 1,000 population

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 (8)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Aberdeen City

1,717

1,596

1,397

1,369

1,501

1,524

8.0

7.5

6.6

6.5

7.2

7.4

Aberdeenshire

1,274

1,326

1,345

1,361

1,402

1,431

5.6

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.2

Angus

769

767

805

871

934

989

7.0

7.0

7.4

8.1

8.7

9.2

Argyll & Bute

637

700

799

744

954

891

7.0

7.7

8.8

8.2

10.5

9.8

Clackmannanshire

293

285

299

273

279

296

6.1

5.9

6.2

5.7

5.8

6.2

Dumfries & Galloway (4)

733

453

523

576

516

535

4.9

3.1

3.5

3.9

3.5

3.6

Dundee City

1,242

1,101

1,136

1,227

1,245

1,216

8.4

7.5

7.8

8.5

8.7

8.5

East Ayrshire

823

782

722

750

843

962

6.8

6.5

6.0

6.3

7.1

8.0

East Dunbartonshire

513

494

549

549

540

578

4.7

4.5

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.4

East Lothian

486

483

484

532

531

513

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.9

5.8

5.6

East Renfrewshire

371

428

466

491

516

569

4.2

4.8

5.2

5.5

5.7

6.3

Edinburgh, City of

3,649

3,763

3,832

3,790

4,041

4,291

8.2

8.4

8.5

8.5

9.0

9.6

Eilean Siar

384

368

374

397

404

426

14.1

13.7

14.1

15.2

15.6

16.3

Falkirk (7)

884

935

945

983

973

973

6.1

6.5

6.5

6.8

6.7

6.7

Fife

2,622

2,589

2,684

3,014

3,253

3,256

7.6

7.4

7.7

8.6

9.3

9.2

Glasgow City (4)

4,008

4,275

4,164

4,093

4,809

5,004

6.9

7.4

7.2

7.1

8.4

8.7

Highland

1,233

1,052

1,432

1,548

1,606

1,606

5.9

5.0

6.9

7.4

7.7

7.7

Inverclyde

641

684

732

733

758

748

7.5

8.1

8.7

8.8

9.1

9.0

Midlothian

478

476

474

482

467

528

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.8

6.6

Moray (8)

412

472

439

458

446

541

4.7

5.4

5.0

5.3

5.2

6.2

North Ayrshire

906

973

930

1,049

1,114

1,231

6.6

7.1

6.8

7.7

8.2

9.0

North Lanarkshire

1,930

2,223

2,394

2,756

3,017

2,963

6.0

6.9

7.5

8.6

9.4

9.2

Orkney Islands (5)

336

285

288

318

334

327

17.3

14.8

15.0

16.6

17.5

16.9

Perth & Kinross (6)

724

676

610

597

759

818

5.4

5.0

4.5

4.4

5.6

6.0

Renfrewshire

1,123

1,280

1,281

1,383

1,452

1,504

6.4

7.4

7.4

8.0

8.5

8.8

Scottish Borders

803

702

771

779

873

950

7.6

6.6

7.2

7.3

8.1

8.8

Shetland Islands (5)

280

308

322

287

309

331

12.4

13.9

14.7

13.1

14.2

15.1

South Ayrshire

771

712

573

762

713

875

6.8

6.3

5.1

6.8

6.4

7.8

South Lanarkshire

1,723

1,735

1,742

1,830

2,238

2,287

5.7

5.7

5.8

6.1

7.4

7.5

Stirling

501

509

523

583

497

563

5.9

5.9

6.1

6.8

5.7

6.5

West Dunbartonshire

834

878

913

986

1,183

1,188

8.8

9.3

9.8

10.6

12.8

12.9

West Lothian

729

764

744

844

925

1,072

4.7

4.9

4.7

5.3

5.7

6.7

TOTAL

33,828

34,072

34,688

36,415

39,429

40,985

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.2

7.8

8.1

Note:
(1) Staff per 1,000 population are based on GROS mid-year population estimates.
(2) Staff numbers may fluctuate over time as a result of various factors, including changes in the way services are provided and changes in the numbers of vacancies.
(3) Staffing levels may vary between councils as a result of differences in the way services are provided.
Factors which may have an influence on staffing numbers include contracting out or commissioning of services and partnership arrangements with neighbouring councils.
(4) Major recent changes in staffing numbers include changes in the arrangements for home care services in Glasgow City (between 1998 and 1999) and Dumfries & Galloway (between 1999 and 2000) and the inclusion of homeless and childrens' fieldwork services in Glasgow from 2003.
(5) Improved recording practices in Orkney Islands Council in 2000, and in Shetland since 2001, have led to an increase in data accuracy.
Trends should therefore be interpreted with caution.
(6) Perth & Kinross returns did not include chidren & families or criminal justice staff in 2001 and 2002.
(7) In 2004, data for Falkirk was not provided. 2003 figures for Falkirk have been used in the Scotland totals.
(8) WTE information has been estimated for 779 part-time posts in 2004.

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