Question reference: S3W-19091
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 15 December 2008
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Current status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 19 December 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many national entitlement plus one card holders there are, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The issuing of National Entitlement Cards is the responsibility of each local authority.
Based on the information available to Transport Scotland, the number of valid National Entitlement Cards with companion entitlement in circulation at 3 December 2008, broken down by local authority, is set out in the following table.
| Local Authority | Category of Disabled Plus Companion | Eligibility Visually Impaired Plus Companion |
| Aberdeen City | 3,976 | 1,275 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,488 | 398 |
| Angus | 629 | 127 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,264 | 196 |
| City of Edinburgh | 9,030 | 1,173 |
| Clackmannanshire | 536 | 61 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 150 | 20 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,148 | 423 |
| Dundee City | 2,373 | 401 |
| East Ayrshire | 2,435 | 229 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,094 | 137 |
| East Lothian | 1,672 | 230 |
| East Renfrewshire | 935 | 104 |
| Falkirk | 1,324 | 286 |
| Fife | 12,973 | 869 |
| Glasgow | 17,484 | 1,441 |
| Highland | 1,833 | 558 |
| Inverclyde | 2,219 | 203 |
| Midlothian | 1,618 | 232 |
| Moray | 689 | 184 |
| North Ayrshire | 2,911 | 357 |
| North Lanarkshire | 6,587 | 515 |
| Orkney Islands | 205 | 20 |
| Perth and Kinross | 924 | 244 |
| Renfrewshire | 3,534 | 362 |
| Scottish Borders | 838 | 222 |
| Shetland Islands | 219 | 20 |
| South Ayrshire | 2,003 | 257 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5,723 | 580 |
| Stirling | 580 | 132 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,265 | 237 |
| West Lothian | 2,974 | 307 |
| Totals | 93,633 | 11,800 |