Number of Looked After Children in Scotland from 2007-2012 by local authority: Year Local Authority 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Aberdeen City 583 650 701 690 642 605 Aberdeenshire 424 432 458 496 496 450 Angus 283 287 261 274 250 258 Argyll and Bute 219 208 204 250 219 190 Clackmannanshire 182 171 207 222 221 214 Dumfries and Galloway 419 462 441 394 418 401 Dundee City 542 607 587 637 708 723 East Ayrshire 440 470 526 482 508 517 East Dunbartonshire 101 104 129 135 145 162 East Lothian 196 187 202 210 200 200 East Renfrewshire 103 137 159 151 154 174 Edinburgh, City of 1,228 1,294 1,328 1,319 1,362 1,395 Eilean Siar 49 39 48 59 55 54 Falkirk 354 486 437 443 399 430 Fife 720 777 799 790 823 855 Glasgow City 2,919 3,019 3,280 3,570 3,834 3,740 Highland 501 465 456 469 497 507 Inverclyde 272 285 318 293 285 299 Midlothian 302 316 353 315 302 276 Moray 193 182 208 192 207 219 North Ayrshire 473 497 501 529 583 582 North Lanarkshire 755 855 728 800 734 730 Orkney Isles 25 41 31 36 18 26 Perth and Kinross 183 193 197 201 201 223 Renfrewshire 582 663 718 790 769 786 Scottish Borders 194 182 193 216 208 194 Shetland 27 34 37 36 28 31 South Ayrshire 264 276 290 351 336 352 South Lanarkshire 516 546 490 491 547 617 Stirling 192 212 218 218 252 251 West Dunbartonshire 387 408 376 383 383 369 West Lothian 432 403 406 450 447 418 Scotland 14,060 14,888 15,287 15,892 16,231 16,248 Note: From 2007-2009, this refers to the number of children looked after on the 31st March...