How many adoption placements have been completed in each of the last five years in each local authority area.

Figures on adoption placements are not available centrally. The following below gives the number of applications made to court for adoption orders in each of the last five years in each local authority area.
Council
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002

Aberdeen City
| 28
| 24
| 26
| 16
| 15

Aberdeenshire
| 35
| 30
| 32
| 20
| 19

Angus
| 10
| 6
| 3
| 8
| 7

Argyll and Bute
| 8
| 5
| 3
| 10
| 7

Clackmannanshire
| 4
| 7
| 4
| 7
| 4

Dumfries and Galloway
| 16
| 11
| 16
| 11
| 12

Dundee City
| 9
| 14
| 15
| 12
| 11

East Ayrshire
| 13
| 8
| 9
| 13
| 8

East Dunbartonshire
| 7
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 6

East Lothian
| 15
| 11
| 9
| 7
| 4

East Renfrewshire
| 7
| 6
| 8
| 7
| 7

Edinburgh, City of
| 28
| 34
| 24
| 22
| 14

Eilean Siar
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 4

Falkirk
| 14
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 11

Fife
| 33
| 51
| 32
| 34
| 34

Glasgow City
| 38
| 36