The numbers of care home places for adults in these seven local authorities are presented in Table 1a and Table 1b: Table 1a: Number of private sector care home places for adults in West Scotland parliamentary region, by local authority, 31 March 2007 - 31 March 2016. Year as at 31 March Local Authority 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Argyll & Bute 532 538 538 437 506 520 480 479 436 436 East Dunbartonshire 516 514 548 583 586 672 728 810 812 828 East Renfrewshire 310 310 310 397 392 382 373 377 490 540 Inverclyde 481 501 591 577 577 573 582 552 548 560 North Ayrshire 992 995 1010 1065 1161 1151 1152 1139 1102 1047 Renfrewshire 936 1022 1022 1036 1270 1270 1006 996 1040 950 West Dunbartonshire 419 405 405 414 415 393 393 368 368 433 Source: ISD Scotland Table 1b: Number of public sector care home places for adults in West Scotland parliamentary region, by local authority, 31 March 2007 - 31 March 2016.