Scottish Government

Local authority area

Year Ended 31 March……

2001

2002

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Aberdeen City

148

3.8

176

5.1

Aberdeenshire

82

1.7

113

2.4

Angus

45

2.1

45

2.2

Argyll & Bute

18

1.1

25

1.5

Clackmannanshire

11

1.1

17

1.7

Dumfries & Galloway

111

4.0

59

2.1

Dundee City

45

1.7

50

1.9

East Ayrshire

10

0.4

27

1.1

East Dunbartonshire

4

0.2

10

0.5

East Lothian

60

3.3

49

2.6

East Renfrewshire

21

1.2

18

0.9

Edinburgh, City of

309

4.0

315

4.3

Eilean Siar

19

3.6

11

2.2

Falkirk

86

3.0

63

2.2

Fife

65

0.9

83

1.2

Glasgow City

305

2.6

242

2.3

Highland

96

2.3

112

2.7

Inverclyde

9

0.5

20

1.2

Midlothian

56

3.4

62

3.6

Moray

30

1.7

28

1.6

North Ayrshire

22

0.8

10

0.4

North Lanarkshire

48

0.7

68

1.0

Orkney Isles

7

1.8

2

0.5

Perth & Kinross

60

2.4

52

2.0

Renfrewshire

78

2.2

71

2.1

Scottish Borders

31

1.5

37

1.8

Shetland

11

2.2

12

2.5

South Ayrshire

13

0.6

5

0.2

South Lanarkshire

71

1.1

86

1.4

Stirling

31

1.9

35

2.1

West Dunbartonshire

14

0.7

25

1.3

West Lothian

84

2.5

90

2.6

SCOTLAND

2,000

2.0

2,018

2.1