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 9 11 26 12 9 Inverclyde 4 4 2 4 2 2 Midlothian 2 5 3 1 4 2 Moray 4 3 1 5 5 0 North Ayrshire 10 5 4 13 4 5 North Lanarkshire 13 12 8 7 15 4 Orkney Islands 1 0 1 0 1 0 Perth and Kinross 16 6 2 12 5 3 Renfrewshire 2 4 5 3 3 8 Scottish Borders 17 10 7 12 1 5 Shetland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Ayrshire 5 12 9 4 9 10 South Lanarkshire 13 17 22 10 16 5 Stirling 6 4 2 0 3 0 West Dunbartonshire 10 3 7 6 6 0 West Lothian 32 5 4 26 3 3 Grand Total 296 224 150 277 217 120 1 April 2004 to 31 December 2004 Guardianships Applied For Guardianships Granted Welfare Financial Combined Welfare Financial Combined Aberdeen City 20 9 9 18 8 6 Aberdeenshire 13 18 11 10 17 9 Angus 10 1 7 7 1 6 Argyll and Bute 17 4 5 18 2 5 City of Edinburgh 18 24 18 18 19 16 Clackmannanshire 2 6 4 2 5 4 Dumfries and Galloway 20 8 1 16 3 2 Dundee City 7 11 2 4 5 2 East Ayrshire 4 2 2 1 1 1 East Dunbartonshire 2 2 3 1 2 5 East Lothian 6 3 3 1 4 1 East Renfrewshire 3 1 2 0 1 1 Eilean Siar 3 1 2 1 0 2 Falkirk 14 10 4 8 4 0 Fife 25 19 12 23 19 12 Glasgow City 26 18 11 17 11 7 Highland 20 8 6 19 5 6 Inverclyde 4 1 3 1 3 0 Midlothian 6 3 3 2 2 1 Moray 3 2 6 3 2 3 North Ayrshire 14 4 6 13 4 5 North Lanarkshire 17 10 10 16 4 8 Orkney Islands 3 0 3 0 1 0 Perth and Kinross 13 9 4 12 3 4 Renfrewshire 4 2 6 3 1 4 Scottish Borders 9 6 3 5 2 2 Shetland Islands 9 3 6 3 0 3 South Ayrshire 8 7 1 8 9 1 South Lanarkshire 13 16 20 13 14 31 Stirling 7 3 4 6 3 4 West Dunbartonshire 2 1 1 0 1 0 West Lothian 13 3 2 17 1 2 Grand Total 298 201 164 266 157 153 Note: The totals in the local authority breakdown tables will not necessarily reflect the total number of orders applied for and granted. This is because there may...