The LFS was enhanced in 2003, which allows us to provide estimates for the NEET group for 14 local authority areas in Scotland for the first time (Table 3). Table 1: Proportion of 16 to 19- Year-Olds Not in Education, Employment or Training, Scotland Year Age All 16 17 18 19 1999 11.1% 14.3% 14.0% 20.1% 14.9% 2000 11.3% 12.4% 18.0% 18.9% 15.0% 2001 14.8% 14.3% 18.1% 14.5% 15.4% 2002 13.9% 16.2% 12.5% 13.4% 14.0% 2003 8.9% 14.1% 18.7% 12.9% 13.7% Source: Annual Scottish Labour Force SurveyTable 2: Proportion of 16 to 19 year olds not in education, employment or training, Scotland Year Male Female All 1999 16.0% 13.7% 14.9% 2000 14.2% 15.7% 15.0% 2001 16.6% 14.2% 15.4% 2002 15.0% 13.0% 14.0% 2003 15.0% 12.3% 13.7% Source: Annual Scottish Labour Force SurveyTable 3: Proportion of 16 to 19- Year-Olds Not in Education, Employment or Training, Scotland Local Authority Area 2003 Scotland 13.7% Aberdeen City * Aberdeenshire * Angus 15.1% Argyll and Bute 12.6% Clackmannanshire * Dumfries and Galloway * Dundee City * East Ayrshire 13.7% East Dunbartonshire 8.5% East Lothian * East Renfrewshire 10.1% Edinburgh, City of * Eilean Siar (Western Isles) * Falkirk * Fife * Glasgow City 19.0% Highland * Inverclyde 17.7% Midlothian 19.6% Moray * North Ayrshire 17.9% North Lanarkshire 21.9% Orkney Islands * Perth and Kinross * Renfrewshire * Scottish Borders 13.9% Shetland Islands * South Ayrshire 15.9% South Lanarkshire * Stirling 11.9% West Dunbartonshire 16.6% West Lothian * Source: Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey 2003-04.