Numbers of Pupils Referred to Independent Special Schools by Local Authority Local Authority 1997 1998 19991 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Aberdeen City 16 26 17 42 22 35 47 63 Aberdeenshire 40 46 38 48 45 54 49 53 Angus 3 6 10 7 13 8 11 15 Argyll and Bute 7 13 22 17 18 21 23 27 Clackmannanshire 10 7 8 12 10 7 8 5 Dumfries and Galloway 3 10 16 10 7 7 9 10 Dundee City 16 10 16 17 15 15 15 21 East Ayrshire 13 10 15 28 32 26 16 21 East Dunbartonshire 14 12 18 15 16 11 8 14 East Lothian 15 10 11 19 20 14 16 16 East Renfrewshire 14 15 7 13 11 4 5 21 Edinburgh, City of 8 74 84 98 63 85 88 90 Eilean Siar 103 4 6 4 4 3 2 1 Falkirk 45 49 51 61 61 46 43 56 Fife 19 15 14 20 38 39 36 33 Glasgow City 116 130 163 168 147 149 152 148 Highland 33 35 48 40 23 17 23 20 Inverclyde 15 22 19 14 18 20 22 26 Midlothian 21 12 14 21 23 28 29 34 Moray 6 6 5 5 2 5 4 6 North Ayrshire 44 47 54 49 46 40 33 56 North Lanarkshire 24 30 39 42 46 41 31 39 Orkney Islands - 1 - 1 2 2 2 2 Perth and Kinross 19 20 24 33 28 32 26 34 Renfrewshire 36 32 38 51 47 54 47 66 Scottish Borders 9 8 11 14 12 18 19 21 Shetland Islands 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 - South Ayrshire 22 22 13 26 34 31 26 42 South Lanarkshire 7 20 17 26 28 34 38 41 Stirling 20 17 19 23 22 19 18 19 West Dunbartonshire 9 19 38 43 37 40 32 48 West Lothian 44 39 46 46 35 32 20 24 Local Authorities Outwith Scotland 23 18 21 38 28 24 21 16 Source: Independent Schools Census.Note: 1.