Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Local Authority Integrated Weed Control Survey - 2019

This publication presents information from a survey of weed control strategies used by Local Authorities in Scotland during 2019


Appendix 2 – Survey statistics

Table 9 Survey response rate
No. % total LAs Total area (km2) % total area Total population % Total population
Scottish local authorities 32 77,911 5,463,300
Herbicide data returns(1)(2) 27 84 69,419 89 5,002,730 92
Qualitative data returns(1) 28 88 69,593 89 5,098,260 93
No return 4 13 8,319 11 365,040 7

(1) Includes two LAs which provided a partial response representing greenspaces only.

(2) Includes two LAs who provided quantities of herbicide purchased rather than used.

Table 10 Scottish land area by administrative area (6)
Local Authority Population Area (km2)
Aberdeen City 228,670 186
Aberdeenshire 261,210 6,313
Angus 116,200 2,182
Argyll and Bute 85,870 6,909
City of Edinburgh 524,930 263
Clackmannanshire 51,540 159
Dumfries and Galloway 148,860 6,427
Dundee City 149,320 60
East Ayrshire 122,010 1,262
East Dunbartonshire 108,640 174
East Lothian 107,090 679
East Renfrewshire 95,530 174
Falkirk 160,890 297
Fife 373,550 1,325
Glasgow City 633,120 175
Highland 235,830 25,657
Inverclyde 77,800 160
Midlothian 92,460 354
Moray 95,820 2,238
Na h-Eileanan Siar 26,720 3,059
North Ayrshire 134,740 885
North Lanarkshire 341,370 470
Orkney Islands 22,270 989
Perth and Kinross 151,950 5,286
Renfrewshire 179,100 261
Scottish Borders 115,510 4,732
Shetland Islands 22,920 1,468
South Ayrshire 112,610 1,222
South Lanarkshire 320,530 1,772
Stirling 94,210 2,187
West Dunbartonshire 88,930 159
West Lothian 183,100 428
Scotland 5,463,300 77,911

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