Data for current local authorities is only available for 1996 onwards.The figures exclude dwellings which are vacant to be demolished, refurbished orwhich are to be used as temporary accommodation for the homeless.Vacants (Available for Let) asat 31 March by Local Authority Area; 1996 to 2005 Local Authority Areas 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Scotland 9,831 9,721 10,336 12,821 14,666 13,453 12,229 10,312 8,756 8,993 Aberdeen City 649 808 768 878 854 1,298 1,197 1,252 1,309 1,606 Aberdeenshire 18 59 53 83 100 180 213 273 224 186 Angus 33 23 67 67 170 219 279 272 194 97 Argyll and Bute 68 48 70 53 102 125 67 277 69 82 Clackmannanshire 68 57 88 84 103 94 132 204 190 186 Dumfries and Galloway 86 86 109 131 147 150 157 116 0 0 Dundee City 1,139 731 957 853 501 519 406 414 511 282 East Ayrshire 468 330 390 459 642 638 637 650 575 348 East Dunbartonshire 36 41 68 56 20 36 23 39 36 17 East Lothian 83 117 77 123 49 68 75 86 50 72 East Renfrewshire 124 79 68 121 167 243 89 75 89 121 Edinburgh 1,638 1,623 1,210 864 780 429 552 645 585 413 Eilean Siar 186 591 55 56 56 38 29 38 24 17 Falkirk 474 470 170 141 182 314 363 363 248 145 Fife 1,247 1,253 833 814 837 945 788 960 1,058 989 Glasgow City 150 152 1,255 2,960 3,684 2,073 1,743 0 0 0 Highland 421 402 119 171 266 299 356 250 104 190 Inverclyde 49 35 655 509 694 618 434 305 516 672 Midlothian 26 17 58 42 37 48 32 51 39 26 Moray 303 184 19 20 20 31 42 28 24 22 North Ayrshire 600 659 288 288 226 352 133 107 122 73 North Lanarkshire 25 9 668 646 830 606 643 639 637 608 Orkney 120 165 17 18 13 6 8 13 9 7...