How many respite care places are available for adults with learning difficulties in each local authority area.

The following table shows thenumber of registered residential care respite places in residential care homes foradults with learning disabilities; in the local authority, private andvoluntary sectors. (The figures do not include places within the new SupportingPeople arrangements. Nor is there information available on the number of placeswithin private nursing homes). Homes which do not register respite places may stillaccept short-stay or respite residents.
Number of Residential Care HomeRespite Places, by Local Authority Area, 2002
Local Authority Area
| Residential Home Respite Places

Aberdeen City
| 16

Aberdeenshire
| 20

Angus
| 4

Argyll and Bute
| 5

Clackmannanshire
| 1

Dumfries and Galloway
| 8

Dundee City
| 5

East Ayrshire
| 15

East Dunbartonshire
| 1

East Lothian
| 0

East Renfrewshire
| 1

Edinburgh, City of
| 36

Eileanan Siar
| 3

Falkirk
| 3

Fife
| 12

Glasgow, City of
| 52

Highland
| 11

Inverclyde
| 13

Midlothian
| 0

Moray
| 5

North Ayrshire
| 9

North Lanarkshire
| 33

Orkney Islands
| 3

Perthshire and Kinross
| 4

Renfrewshire
| 11

Scottish Borders
| 5

Shetland Islands
| 5

South Ayrshire
| 7

South Lanarkshire
| 3

Stirling
| 5

West Dunbartonshire
| 3

West Lothian
| 3

Scotland
| 302

Source: Scottish Executive R1 Return.