Statistics Publication Notice Health and Care Series: Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2008

Annex A Table 7: Social Workers WTE, 2001-2008

Local Authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 ⁽⁴⁾	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	187	185	193	209	231	216	222	235
Aberdeenshire	182	196	152	201	203	191	206	216
Angus	52	56	52	58	58	61	68	69
Argyll & Bute	54	56	52	63	61	67	69	74
Clackmannanshire	30	29	28	38	32	29	32	40
Dumfries & Galloway ⁽⁶⁾	125	132	109	106	126	147	147	147
Dundee City ⁽²⁾	100	104	109	197	127	127	127	175
East Ayrshire	84	92	93	106	106	115	124	121
East Dunbartonshire	40	41	30	33	42	49	56	45
East Lothian	43	65	62	61	66	57	71	83
East Renfrewshire	49	53	56	75	82	77	72	76
Edinburgh, City of ⁽³⁾	487	497	490	526	545	517	517	531
Eilean Siar ⁽⁵⁾	14	14	14	11	15	18	18	18
Falkirk ⁽¹⁾	115	123	112	112	130	135	136	144
Fife	243	267	281	283	278	296	311	285
Glasgow City	649	647	658	727	762	848	777	733
Highland	139	125	150	177	209	197	191	185
Inverclyde	107	106	98	92	110	104	102	103
Midlothian	54	57	53	53	68	70	72	89
Moray	55	57	58	74	72	70	111	94
North Ayrshire	65	68	64	96	104	109	116	126
North Lanarkshire	194	196	226	213	254	277	271	259
Orkney Islands	10	14	11	14	15	26	22	20
Perth & Kinross	0	7	66	106	94	106	105	122
Renfrewshire	114	124	136	134	126	150	160	144
Scottish Borders	97	97	118	122	101	110	121	132
Shetland Islands	17	20	19	20	17	19	22	21
South Ayrshire	83	102	105	108	111	116	120	121
South Lanarkshire	214	207	225	244	301	298	267	292
Stirling	50	59	69	86	91	83	77	82
West Dunbartonshire	100	94	96	111	100	116	117	118
West Lothian	122	129	118	124	125	143	160	172
Scotland	3,873	4,017	4,102	4,576	4,760	4,946	4,986	5,072

Notes:
(1) In 2004, data for Falkirk was not provided. 2003 figures for Falkirk have been used in the Scotland totals.
(2) In 2006 and 2007, data for Dundee City was not provided. The data supplied for 2005 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(3) In 2006, children and families data for City of Edinburgh was not provided. The 2005 data for children and families has been used.
(4) In the October 2006 census, there was a change in methodology to eliminate the double counting of staff covering for absent staff. Therefore, 2006 figures are not comparable with previous years.
(5) In 2007, data for Eilean Siar was not provided.. The data supplied for 2006 has been used.
(6) In 2008 data for Dumfries and Galloway was not provided. The data supplied for 2007 has been used as this was the most recent available.
(7) 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. Please refer to Background Notes for further information.

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