Figures provided by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), indicate that the number of guardianship orders (a) applied for and (b) awarded under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 for each year since 2002-03, broken down by local authority are as follows: 2002-03 Guardianships Applied For Guardianships Granted Welfare Financial Combined Welfare Financial Combined Aberdeen City 19 5 4 16 3 2 Aberdeenshire 9 6 5 4 3 1 Angus 5 2 1 4 2 0 Argyll and Bute 11 2 2 9 0 1 City of Edinburgh 20 10 7 10 5 5 Clackmannanshire 2 1 1 1 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 8 5 1 7 3 1 Dundee City 4 7 1 3 4 0 East Ayrshire 5 3 2 4 1 1 East Dunbartonshire 7 5 2 0 2 0 East Lothian 7 6 1 5 0 0 East Renfrewshire 3 2 1 0 1 1 Eilean Siar 3 1 2 1 0 1 Falkirk 8 4 2 7 2 0 Fife 17 7 6 6 4 2 Glasgow City 25 7 4 17 2 2 Highland 36 9 4 29 3 0 Inverclyde 4 1 2 0 1 2 Midlothian 1 1 0 1 0 0 Moray 12 9 3 7 1 0 North Ayrshire 9 2 2 6 1 0 North Lanarkshire 6 7 3 6 2 0 Orkney Islands 1 0 1 0 1 0 Perth and Kinross 19 4 1 18 2 0 Renfrewshire 8 1 7 0 0 3 Scottish Borders 6 2 2 4 0 2 Shetland Islands 1 1 0 1 0 0 South Ayrshire 4 4 5 3 1 1 South Lanarkshire 10 11 2 7 4 1 Stirling 8 5 3 5 1 0 West Dunbartonshire 7 6 1 2 0 1 West Lothian 30 1 2 25 1 1 Grand Total 286 114 72 208 50 28 2003-04 Guardianships Applied For Guardianships Granted Welfare Financial Combined Welfare Financial Combined Aberdeen City 19 8 2 16 8 3 Aberdeenshire 11 10 6 13 10 5 Angus 13 2 7 12 1 7 Argyll and Bute 14 3 5 12 4 5 City of Edinburgh 19 24 17 22 24 13 Clackmannanshire 6 0 6 0 4 0 Dumfries and Galloway 12 15 2 10 12 0 Dundee City 5 5 2 5 7 2 East Ayrshire 5 3 1 5 4 0 East Dunbartonshire 2 3 5 2 5 5 East Lothian 6 3 2 4 2 2 East Renfrewshire 4 1 2 4 2 2 Eilean Siar 2 1 1 1 1 1 Falkirk 3 5 1 4 6 2 Fife 27 23 12 21 19 11 Glasgow City 14 18 5 17 19 6 Highland 26...