Information on places lost in private nursing homes and residential care homes is not available centrally.However, a census of bed complement is carried out as part of an annual return for each private nursing home and registered residential care home. Table 1 shows the number of places available in Residential Care Homes.Table 1: Residential care homes - places (Older People Only)Local Authority199819992000Aberdeen City686691675Aberdeenshire620675655Angus606593535Argyll & Bute701612557Clackmannanshire838383Dumfries & Galloway650716818Dundee City628507481East Ayrshire368479432East Dunbartonshire187138118East Lothian332324268East Renfrewshire201206200Edinburgh, City of1,4031,3611,289Eileanan Siar192195201Falkirk313284284Fife1,008958964Glasgow City1,9151,9181,783Highland Council, The1,088975937Inverclyde313316270Midlothian279269278Moray Council, The271272257North Ayrshire389393418North Lanarkshire604567556Orkney Islands101104106Perth & Kinross722755704Renfrewshire433439455Scottish Borders460459442Shetland Islands139144135South Ayrshire337294293South Lanarkshire711673849Stirling407361305West Dunbartonshire264275271West Lothian266264232Scotland16,67716,30015,851Source: SEHD Social Work Statistics.Table 2 shows the bed complement at 31 March in 1998, 1999 and 2000, split by local council area.Table 2: Number of beds in Private Nursing Homes in Scotland as at 31 March 1998-2000. by Local Council Area 199819992000Local AuthorityNumber of bedsNumber of bedsNumber of bedsAberdeen City 777 1 019 910Aberdeenshire 1 126 1 227 1 333Angus 542 561 536Argyll & Bute 268 265 211Clackmannanshire 100 60 120Dumfries & Galloway 584 604 532Dundee City 720 593 654East Ayrshire 724 597 639East Dunbartonshire 335 355 343East Lothian 497 431 497East Renfrewshire 434 459 357Edinburgh, City of 2 109 2 147 2 031Eilean Siar 65 65 65Falkirk 557 557 579Fife 1 362 1 424 1 376Glasgow City 2 933 2 926 2 794Highland 1 354 1 155 1 086Inverclyde 358 295 302Midlothian 355 242 355Moray 285 305 305North Ayrshire 888 863 848North Lanarkshire 1 160 1 167 1 285Orkney---Perth & Kinross 870 816 766Renfrewshire 797 816 614Scottish Borders 633 652 604Shetland---South Ayrshire 796 739 777South Lanarkshire 1 745 1 569 1 622Stirling 607 598 576West Dunbartonshire 292 356 146West Lothian 565 617 687Scotland 23 838 23 480 22 950Source: ISD Scotland, ISD(S)34.Ref: HCIU 2001/0157Notes:1.