Table 7
Vacancies in Scottish Social Work Services, 2002-2004
WTEs by Local Authority
Local Authority | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Vacancies | Per Cent Vacancies (1) | Vacancies | Per Cent Vacancies (1) | Vacancies | Per Cent Vacancies (1) |
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Aberdeen City | 103 | 9.0 | 162 | 12.0 | 124 | 9.1 |
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Aberdeenshire | 34 | 3.3 | 48 | 4.4 | 47 | 4.3 |
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Angus | 81 | 11.0 | 112 | 13.8 | 101 | 12.0 |
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Argyll & Bute | 78 | 13.0 | 88 | 12.2 | 81 | 10.5 |
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Clackmannanshire | 13 | 5.0 | 15 | 5.6 | 21 | 7.2 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 48 | 7.7 | 75 | 12.7 | 38 | 6.7 |
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Dundee City (2) | 29 | 3.3 | 31 | 3.3 | 31 | 3.3 |
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East Ayrshire | 72 | 12.1 | 109 | 15.8 | 96 | 12.9 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 26 | 6.4 | 26 | 6.5 | 57 | 12.3 |
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East Lothian | 9 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 12 | 3.2 |
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East Renfrewshire (2) | 23 | 6.5 | 17 | 4.6 | 17 | 4.0 |
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Edinburgh, City of (3) | 306 | 10.0 | 282 | 8.7 | 269 | 7.7 |
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Eilean Siar | 8 | 3.1 | 7 | 2.6 | 10 | 3.5 |
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Falkirk (2) | 18 | 2.7 | 19 | 2.8 | 19 | 2.8 |
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Fife | 272 | 11.7 | 257 | 10.3 | 176 | 7.4 |
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Glasgow City (5) | 588 | 12.6 | 484 | 9.1 | 439 | 8.1 |
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Highland | 105 | 8.2 | 106 | 8.0 | 107 | 8.0 |
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Inverclyde | 24 | 4.2 | 33 | 5.5 | 55 | 9.1 |
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Midlothian | 36 | 9.5 | 55 | 14.4 | 78 | 17.1 |
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Moray | 7 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.4 | 16 | 4.0 |
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North Ayrshire | 51 | 6.4 | 87 | 9.4 | 61 | 6.0 |
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North Lanarkshire | 195 | 11.7 | 198 | 10.3 | 214 | 10.7 |
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Orkney Islands | 25 | 9.2 | 19 | 7.2 | 19 | 7.1 |
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Perth & Kinross | 70 | 12.7 | 53 | 8.0 | 54 | 7.3 |
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Renfrewshire | 156 | 14.1 | 146 | 12.7 | 163 | 13.7 |
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Scottish Borders | 71 | 11.1 | 62 | 8.9 | 67 | 9.0 |
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Shetland Islands (4) | 44 | 16.6 | 16 | 6.3 | 15 | 5.7 |
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South Ayrshire | 27 | 4.7 | 52 | 8.0 | 70 | 9.7 |
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South Lanarkshire | 178 | 11.7 | 195 | 11.6 | 223 | 12.3 |
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Stirling | 12 | 2.8 | 25 | 6.3 | 35 | 7.6 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 109 | 14.2 | 101 | 10.7 | 126 | 13.3 |
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West Lothian | 45 | 6.3 | 48 | 6.1 | 35 | 3.7 |
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Scotland | 2,861 | 9.6 | 2,940 | 9.1 | 2,874 | 8.5 |
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Note:
(1) Percent vacancies = vacancies as a percentage of the staff complement - i.e. relevant WTE+vacancies. Relevant WTE excludes home care staff and secondments
(2) Dundee City, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk and Glasgow could not supply 2004 vacancies, so 2003 figures have been used in Scotland totals.
(3) 'Negative vacancies' reported by Edinburgh have been set to zero.
(4) Shetland's vacancy reporting is more accurate in 2003 and 2004, as over-reporting was suspected in 2001 and 2002.
(5) Glasgow could not provide vacancy figures for 2004, so November 2004 social worker vacancy figures and October 2003 vacancy figures for all other staff have been used in Scotland totals.