Levels of rent arrears for local authority tenants are shown in the following table Local Authority Rent Arrears (£ m) as at December of Each Year Authority 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003* Aberdeen City 2.144 2.368 2.219 2.388 2.476 Aberdeenshire 0.514 0.819 0.734 1.432 0.710 Angus 0.518 0.468 0.547 0.672 0.672 Argyll and Bute 0.380 0.474 0.463 0.446 0.350 Clackmannanshire 0.567 0.724 0.408 0.979 0.842 Dumfries and Galloway 0.852 0.474 0.954 1.183 n/a* Dundee 1.525 1.459 1.397 1.392 2.002 East Ayrshire 1.948 2.667 1.548 1.028 0.693 East Dunbartonshire 1.293 0.907 0.778 0.834 0.749 East Lothian 1.120 1.378 1.032 0.957 0.757 East Renfrewshire 0.300 0.421 0.476 0.505 0.633 Edinburgh, City of 2.212 2.369 2.235 2.562 2.893 Eilean Siar, Comhairie nan 0.138 0.199 0.119 0.156 0.150 Falkirk 1.474 2.067 1.955 2.030 2.030 Fife 3.429 3.710 3.908 2.708 2.584 Glasgow, City of 16.875 18.731 18.335 18.974 n/a* Highland 1.355 1.759 1.724 1.898 1.148 Inverclyde 2.096 2.195 2.003 1.904 2.258 Midlothian 0.958 1.053 0.854 1.034 0.531 Moray 0.366 0.323 0.355 0.377 0.359 North Ayrshire 2.166 2.057 1.086 1.528 1.274 North Lanarkshire 2.115 2.035 1.728 1.833 4.948 Orkney Islands 0.041 0.027 0.023 0.027 0.299 Perth and Kinross 0.294 0.281 0.295 0.257 0.453 Renfrewshire 1.918 2.065 1.656 1.289 2.499 Scottish Borders 0.295 0.217 0.211 0.216 n/a* Shetland Islands 0.182 0.148 0.148 0.144 0.138 South Ayrshire 1.740 0.768 0.798 0.863 0.693 South Lanarkshire 1.472 2.479 2.142 2.114 1.924 Stirling 1.310 1.340 1.275 1.158 1.153 West Dunbartonshire 2.449 3.651 2.929 2.702 2.628 West Lothian 0.799 0.727 0.859 1.104 0.743 Scotland Total 54.845 60.359 55.191 56.691 38.590* Note:*Following housing stock transfer...