Data for the predecessor regional and district authorities is not directly comparable.Number of full-time equivalent staff1 for Scottish local authorities, December 1996 to September 1999.CouncilDecember19962December1997December1998September19993Aberdeen City8,4728,4628,5898,798Aberdeenshire8,5477,6477,7437,812Angus3,9343,9794,0594,165Argyll & Bute3,8343,8113,9313,889Clackmannanshire2,0821,9461,9831,931Dumfries & Galloway5,4805,4585,4025,303Dundee City7,6837,6197,6277,280East Ayrshire5,1494,9524,8684,978East Dunbartonshire3,9373,8303,9154,027East Lothian3,0823,3293,2813,386East Renfrewshire2,7502,8962,9193,135Edinburgh, City of16,20215,56815,09515,070Eilean Siar1,5561,5411,5861,591Falkirk5,6115,5495,2915,301Fife15,26314,81315,04815,127Glasgow City33,20131,83930,61130,874Highland8,3788,2518,1208,438Inverclyde3,9333,8483,7823,855Midlothian3,0203,0702,9573,166Moray3,3002,9903,2033,170North Ayrshire5,5395,4265,4005,233North Lanarkshire13,64513,81313,44913,378Orkney Islands1,2061,2491,2971,333Perth & Kinross4,5524,4484,4754,447Renfrewshire7,6427,0887,0477,101Scottish Borders3,7913,7643,9253,977Shetland Islands2,0302,0202,0632,073South Ayrshire4,6224,4644,5884,791South Lanarkshire12,26211,89511,91812,142Stirling3,6673,5523,3653,283West Dunbartonshire4,8314,6464,7014,800West Lothian5,6365,7465,6855,689Source: Drawn from local authority staffing surveys compiled jointly by the Scottish Executive and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.Notes:1...