Table 2 - Rent arrears (£ Million) September 1997 December 1998 December 1999 December 2000 December 2001 December 2002 December 2003 December 2004 December 2005 Mar ch2007 Scotland 40.3 50.5 54.8 60.4 55.2 57.3 38.0 31.9 41.5 41.1 Aberdeen City 1.4 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6 6.8 7.1 Aberdeenshire 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.9 1.6 Angus 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.1 Argyll and Bute 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 n/a Clackmannanshire 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 Dumfries and Galloway 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a Dundee City 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.4 East Ayrshire 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.7 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 East Dunbartonshire 0.9 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 East Lothian 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 East Renfrewshire 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 Edinburgh, City of 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 Eilean Siar 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 n/a Falkirk 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.5 Fife 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.9 2.7 2.6 3.3 3.3 2.6 Glasgow City 12.7 13.9 16.9 18.7 18.3 19.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Highland 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.1 1.3 2.3 2.9 Inverclyde 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.0 3.3 2.7 Midlothian 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.1 Moray 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 North Ayrshire 1.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.0 North Lanarkshire 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.8 4.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 Orkney Islands 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Perth and Kinross 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 Renfrewshire 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.3 2.5 1.9 2.2 2.1 Scottish Borders 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a Shetland Islands 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 South Ayrshire 0.5 2.5 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 South Lanarkshire 1.5 2.3 1.5 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stirling 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 West Dunbartonshire 1.0 2.3 2.4 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.5 1.5 2.4 West Lothian 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 Source: Housing Revenue Account...