We would notexpect the level of external debt to be significantly different to the loans poolvalue.Loans Pool Debt Outstandingby Local Authority, 1998-2007 (£000) Authority Loans Pool Debt Outstanding as at 31 March: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Aberdeen City 380,704 380,857 382,058 380,815 379,159 Aberdeenshire 356,372 361,170 363,789 361,270 368,146 Angus 105,523 106,537 109,181 109,328 111,650 Argyll and Bute 220,564 223,665 223,136 224,431 226,592 Clackmannanshire 73,462 74,904 76,920 76,602 78,259 Dumfries and Galloway 279,892 281,445 280,257 278,469 280,959 Dundee City 276,245 277,916 281,447 283,689 290,348 East Ayrshire 183,883 188,701 185,568 186,402 189,955 East Dunbartonshire 128,313 126,767 121,668 122,226 125,948 East Lothian 143,854 146,045 143,656 140,044 142,126 East Renfrewshire 83,266 86,864 85,167 88,466 89,259 Edinburgh, City of 866,442 863,511 848,409 853,507 846,102 Eilean Siar 171,086 171,980 174,480 179,274 183,305 Falkirk 201,374 201,998 202,623 200,328 200,517 Fife 496,285 499,273 502,977 504,744 507,675 Glasgow City 2,141,604 2,157,715 2,121,364 2,108,039 2,126,118 Highland 542,040 544,226 544,948 545,841 549,997 Inverclyde 213,129 217,926 216,334 216,077 218,248 Midlothian 99,542 97,605 96,344 95,437 94,053 Moray 143,819 148,033 150,167 152,669 153,485 North Ayrshire 211,767 211,535 205,253 203,785 201,275 North Lanarkshire 506,873 488,278 462,004 445,438 434,710 Orkney Islands 17,372 18,560 18,797 21,313 25,107 Perth and Kinross 143,004 146,191 145,570 149,152 153,136 Renfrewshire 304,790 299,276 292,800 293,464 289,254 Scottish Borders 205,159 212,673 211,283 213,367 213,057 Shetland Islands 60,572 60,170 58,026 56,036 56,276 South Ayrshire 151,496 158,870 159,258 161,437 166,308 South Lanarkshire 502,816 496,497 474,265 462,457 452,957 Stirling 151,720 150,895 153,118 158,314 157,105 West Dunbartonshire 191,262 188,906 187,459 187,185 189,339 West Lothian 217,137 212,398 208,513 198,603 187,158 Total 9,771,367 9,801,387 9,686,839 9,658,209 9,687,583 Authority Loans Pool Debt Outstanding as at 31 March: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Aberdeen City 372,297 371,605 392,167 406,382 421,585 Aberdeenshire 368,544 366,130 365,908 365,691 375,710 Angus 113,157 120,146 124,655 131,498 159,835 Argyll and Bute 229,164 226,027 223,328 228,959 199,630 Clackmannanshire 78,437 78,793 82,107 87,607 97,453 Dumfries and Galloway 277,782 190,448 188,531 190,931 194,656 Dundee City 292,273 296,531 304,391 315,853 331,916 East Ayrshire 189,546 191,567 188,895 182,413 187,541 East Dunbartonshire 124,071 120,492 118,363 116,026 115,167 East Lothian 132,289 118,141 112,837 128,504 154,766 East Renfrewshire 96,267 100,924 104,375 108,901 108,427 Edinburgh, City of 846,079 842,067 816,074 842,049 900,577 Eilean Siar 183,146 188,892 185,106 189,381 149,726 Falkirk 197,897 190,462 196,289 196,898 204,652 Fife 515,868 507,349 503,215 502,279 535,912 Glasgow City 1,281,468 1,270,793 1,281,054 1,261,126 1,305,244 Highland 553,121 548,785 551,465 556,482 562,104 Inverclyde 221,090 225,574 224,211 220,924 220,366 Midlothian 91,712 87,567 84,443 85,724 91,687 Moray 156,037 157,652 161,187 155,865 157,495 North Ayrshire 211,726 206,657 193,288 201,081 207,230 North Lanarkshire 410,487 391,233 392,312 415,444 412,431 Orkney Islands 28,764 32,899 33,838 36,535 37,007 Perth and Kinross 151,849 153,697 159,296 158,217 162,237 Renfrewshire 282,689 275,286 274,658 277,628 285,389 Scottish Borders 151,456 154,971 161,022 162,102 165,811 Shetland Islands 54,334 53,069 51,728 49,522 49,142 South Ayrshire 170,284 171,168 172,965 175,281 176,118 South Lanarkshire 437,384 420,793 399,438 443,821 500,121 Stirling 157,408 154,394 153,652 155,269 162,204 West Dunbartonshire 187,878 184,764 189,309 195,040 198,584 West Lothian 188,399 175,789 189,824 224,360 246,571 Total 8,752,903 8,574,665 8,579,931 8,767,793 9,077,294 S3W-05272