Table 1 shows the number of older people receiving home care by local authority from 1999 to 2003.Table 2 shows the cost of providing home care for older people by local authority, data for 1998 to 1999 is not available.Table 1: Older People receiving Home Care by Local Authority (1999-2003) Local Authority 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Aberdeen City 4,389 3,383 2,587 2,380 2,133 Aberdeenshire 1,635 1,612 1,613 1,438 1,543 Angus 1,629 1,560 1,565 1,502 1,526 Argyll and Bute 812 830 786 827 844 Clackmannanshire 501 497 469 471 527 Dumfries and Galloway 1,545 1,455 1,756 1,404 1,625 Dundee City 2,610 2,586 2,180 1,896 1,671 East Ayrshire 1,286 1,187 1,122 1,134 1,203 East Dunbartonshire 832 839 830 881 903 East Lothian 1,148 1,130 1,033 1,111 1,023 East Renfrewshire 693 715 620 796 779 Edinburgh, City of 5,959 5,237 4,823 4,743 4,904 Eilean Siar 796 735 712 702 676 Falkirk 2,111 1,966 1,976 1,799 1,824 Fife 6,375 5,486 5,266 4,804 5,127 Glasgow City 8,283 8,326 7,653 6,766 7,459 Highland 2,603 2,539 2,334 2,293 2,623 Inverclyde 1,100 1,076 966 1,025 915 Midlothian 1,062 819 1,012 976 923 Moray 963 903 911 888 953 North Ayrshire 1,462 1,383 1,266 1,112 1,266 North Lanarkshire 2,418 2,458 2,235 2,563 3,273 Orkney Islands 382 337 335 388 317 Perth and Kinross 1,293 1,282 1,238 1,302 1,395 Renfrewshire 1,960 1,982 2,044 1,664 1,664 Scottish Borders 1,336 1,313 1,253 1,295 1,391 Shetland Islands 443 567 567 471 465 South Ayrshire 1,011 1,178 976 1,020 1,193 South Lanarkshire 2,355 2,181 2,002 1,897 2,136 Stirling 780 759 711 819 673 West Dunbartonshire 1,388 1,387 1,244 1,300 1,473 West Lothian 1,578 1,509 1,296 1,176 1,319 Scotland...