The information requested is given in the following table: Unitary Authority1998-99Total Applications ReceivedTotal Applications Granted1999-2000Total Applications ReceivedTotalApplications Granted2000-01Total Applications ReceivedTotalApplications GrantedAberdeen City2,3031,9972,1421,8902,0601,767Aberdeenshire3,4203,0463,5223,0463,3082,882Angus1,2131,0821,1511,0451,089942Argyll and Bute1,5191,2711,5021,2951,4971,209Clackmannanshire381326381343323293Dumfries and Galloway1,5321,6921,6501,5151,7031,527Dundee City812670871766768658East Ayrshire836738846741799734East Dunbartonshire852766814718860750East Lothian5594521,1031,0841,229952East Renfrewshire683623678653689587Edinburgh3,7472,9194,4423,5474,2333,263Falkirk951745834823944814Fife3,4923,1233,5642,9883,2652,908Glasgow City3,0392,5953,3112,6923,3712,689Highland3,9113,2704,0353,4653,8883,282Inverclyde494446492466448395Midlothian643578766616738656Moray9749261,1131,001994963North Ayrshire825720889751790759North Lanarkshire1,6101,4561,5311,3931,3931,232Orkney402373409388379334Perth and Kinross1,7491,4711,8551,5531,8341,639Renfrewshire1,1198721,0158531,000851Scottish Borders1,4601,3911,4371,3891,5361,325Shetland380371376323407341South Ayrshire1,26810901,2981,0791,2511,056South Lanarkshire1,8341,5581,8731,6031,6911,467Stirling9798451036850885773West Dunbartonshire485414489443461382West Lothian1,0219291,1038971,098970Western Isles430420341306363310Scotland44,92339,17546,86940,52245,29438,710Note:The figures are collected for the six month periods from April to September and October to March...