This comes from the Scottish care home census which eliminates double counting.Table 4 shows the total net expenditure of funding care home residents from 1999 to 2003 by local authority.Table 1Residential Care Home beds for Older People by Local Authority (1999-2000) Local Authority 1999 2000 Aberdeen City 604 551 Aberdeenshire 638 597 Angus 493 470 Argyll and Bute 498 465 Clackmannanshire 79 71 Dumfries and Galloway 615 668 Dundee City 402 408 East Ayrshire 333 291 East Dunbartonshire 130 104 East Lothian 270 242 East Renfrewshire 200 192 Edinburgh, City of 1,214 1,167 Eilean Siar 159 164 Falkirk 273 258 Fife 881 881 Glasgow City 1,711 1,601 Highland 837 779 Inverclyde 268 201 Midlothian 241 249 Moray 243 212 North Ayrshire 346 372 North Lanarkshire 530 498 Orkney Islands 96 97 Perth and Kinross 647 612 Renfrewshire 397 416 Scottish Borders 402 393 Shetland Islands 113 126 South Ayrshire 262 219 South Lanarkshire 517 735 Stirling 317 255 West Dunbartonshire 257 247 West Lothian 247 221 Scotland 14,220 13,762 Source: SEHD R1 Census Return.Table 2Private Nursing Home beds by Local Authority (1999-2000) Local Authority 1999 2000 Aberdeen City 1,208 1,225 Aberdeenshire 1,328 1,387 Angus 561 536 Argyll and Bute 285 256 Clackmannanshire 60 120 Dumfries and Galloway 604 569 Dundee City 653 654 East Ayrshire 739 710 East Dunbartonshire 355 419 East Lothian 545 515 East Renfrewshire 459 447 Edinburgh, City of 2,241 2,155 Eilean Siar 65 65 Falkirk 679 685 Fife 1,424 1,376 Glasgow City 2,940 2,947 Highland 1,357 1,320 Inverclyde 363 362 Midlothian 355 355 Moray 305 305 North Ayrshire 905 922 North Lanarkshire 1,207 1,285 Orkney Islands 0 0 Perth and Kinross 816 766 Renfrewshire 832 794 Scottish Borders 652 604 Shetland Islands 0 0 South Ayrshire 914 908 South Lanarkshire 1,847 1,798 Stirling 598 598 West Dunbartonshire 356 356 West Lothian 660 687 Scotland 25,313 25,126 Source: ISD (S) 34 Census Return.Table 3Care Home Beds for Older People by Local Authority (2001-03) Local Authority 2001 2002 2003 (Mar) 2003 (Sep) Aberdeen City 1,729 1,688 1,604 1,609 Aberdeenshire 1,907 1,911 1,930 1,886 Angus 985 986 958 966 Argyll and Bute 762 769 794 785 Clackmannanshire 290 317 315 315 Dumfries and Galloway 1,267 1,255 1,254 1,250 Dundee City 1,076 1,021 996 1,015 East Ayrshire 837 890 845 836 East Dunbartonshire 578 557 561 561 East Lothian 735 724 696 691 East Renfrewshire 584 576 574 574 Edinburgh, City of 3,117 3,085 3,019 3,001 Eilean Siar 241 243 243 243 Falkirk 1,006 976 979 963 Fife 2,312 2,334 2,335 2,310 Glasgow City 4,343 4,321 4,304 4,280 Highland 1,993 1,986 1,960 1,954 Inverclyde 538 529 541 554 Midlothian 630 625 587 585 Moray 521 517 512 512 North Ayrshire 1,302 1,271 1,249 1,255 North Lanarkshire 1,693 1,708 1,708 1,711 Orkney Islands 101 97 102 98 Perth and Kinross 1,398 1,401 1,403 1,404 Renfrewshire 985 977 987 975 Scottish Borders 848 840 854 854 Shetland Islands 132 142 142 142 South Ayrshire 1,009 900 901 884 South Lanarkshire 2,524 2,524 2,570 2,589 Stirling 769 648 592 593 West Dunbartonshire 567 563 557 557 West Lothian 812 812 823 825 Scotland 37,591 37,193 36,895 36,777 Source: SEHD SCHC Census.Table 4Total Net Expenditure (000) for Care Home Residents by Local Authority 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Aberdeen City 2,111 12,385 12,152 13,164 19,025 Aberdeenshire 8,737 9,608 10,043 10,924 17,989 Angus 7,470 7,283 6,112 7,074 11,426 Argyll and Bute 4,518 4,344 4,890 5,529 10,650 Clackmannanshire 1,509 2,466 1,559 2,155 2,933 Dumfries and Galloway 7,207 7,860 6,920 6,823 9,226 Dundee City 8,586 8,052 8,183 8,314 11,982 East Ayrshire 5,114 5,052 5,118 5,635 9,792 East Dunbartonshire 488 421 581 343 183 East Lothian 4,834 4,632 4,092 4,279 7,401 East Renfrewshire 2,947 3,234 3,412 3,408 10,042 Edinburgh, City of 13,565 12,826 13,626 14,820 35,509 Eilean Siar 3,551 3,705 3,726 3,948 4,644 Falkirk 7,791 7,614 7,704 8,291 8,061 Fife 15,541 15,404 15,743 16,594 26,042 Glasgow City 43,265 45,719 40,268 42,612 50,083 Highland 10,191 12,529 15,155 15,039 24,802 Inverclyde 3,694 4,330 4,287 4,733 7,178 Midlothian 2,952 3,496 3,719 3,623 5,915 Moray 4,110 4,396 5,078 4,397 6,248 North Ayrshire 5,481 5,928 6,217 7,655 11,183 North Lanarkshire 15,567 17,464 18,783 18,950 28,729 Orkney Islands 1,677 1,822 1,889 2,090 2,162 Perth and Kinross 4,133 5,866 5,249 7,172 12,440 Renfrewshire 7,742 6,801 8,107 8,490 11,893 Scottish Borders 5,702 5,289 5,033 5,313 5,702 Shetland Islands 1,217 1,066 1,301 1,485 1,694 South Ayrshire 5,908 5,634 5,502 5,456 10,442 South Lanarkshire 11,519 11,034 11,628 13,039 22,456 Stirling 2,929 3,321 3,449 2,457 5,664 West Dunbartonshire 6,231 6,553 6,230 7,289 7,721 West Lothian 4,908 5,298 4,928 5,251 2,664 Scotland 231,197 251,434 250,684 266,350 401,881 Source:SE FCSD:ASD, SSLG - LFR03 Statistical Returns 1998-99 to 2002-03.