The information requested isprovided in the following table.The estimate of the number ofpeople eligible for the Scotland–wide Free Bus Scheme has been calculated by usingthe numbers of older people for each local authority obtained from the 2001 censusand increasing the total by 10% as an estimate of the number of eligible disabledpeople.Estimated Number ofPeople Eligible for the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Scheme for Older and Disabled Peoplefor Each Local Authority Local Authority Number Eligible Aberdeen City 46,327 Aberdeenshire 48,064 Angus 28,231 Argyll and Bute 24,808 City of Edinburgh 97,859 Clackmannanshire 10,357 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 7,594 Dumfries and Galloway 41,350 Dundee City 36,795 East Ayrshire 28,490 East Dunbartonshire 25,180 East Lothian 22,401 East Renfrewshire 20,513 Falkirk 33,292 Fife 82,405 Glasgow 129,563 Highland 51,275 Inverclyde 20,373 Midlothian 17,982 Moray 20,621 North Ayrshire 32,520 North Lanarkshire 67,131 Orkney Islands 4,825 Perth and Kinross 35,900 Renfrewshire 39,392 Scottish Borders 29,059 Shetland Islands 4,559 South Ayrshire 30,820 South Lanarkshire 68,274 Stirling 19,863 West Dunbartonshire 21,288 West Lothian 28,479 Grand Total: 1,175,590 S2W-24412