The following tables provideinformation on the number of direct payment clients, by local authority, and byage, for the years ending 31 March 2001, 2002 and 2003.Number of Direct Payments,by Local Authority Local Authority 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Aberdeen City 4 4 11 Aberdeenshire 8 6 11 Angus 4 23 30 Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 Clackmannanshire 1 4 18 Dumfries and Galloway 7 25 27 Dundee City 0 0 0 East Ayrshire 0 0 17 East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 East Lothian 5 7 7 East Renfrewshire 0 0 0 Edinburgh, City of 67 49 89 Eilean Siar 0 3 5 Falkirk 0 0 0 Fife 30 64 120 Glasgow City 17 16 15 Highland 14 23 43 Inverclyde 0 0 0 Midlothian 0 0 0 Moray 0 5 7 North Ayrshire 0 0 0 North Lanarkshire 3 10 11 Orkney Islands 0 0 1 Perth and Kinross 4 4 19 Renfrewshire 3 3 3 Scottish Borders 12 20 50 Shetland Islands 0 0 0 South Ayrshire 22 18 31 South Lanarkshire 0 0 0 Stirling 0 0 0 West Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 West Lothian 6 8 19 Scotland...