What your Council does in a year

Facts and figures at a glance

We look after…

• 19,212 pupils in 91 primary schools, 24,610 in 23 secondaries and 18 nursery schools
• 850 children with additional support needs in 13 schools and 13 special classes

We provide…

• more than 45,000 hours of domestic support and personal care for 4,550 people each week
• responses to 30,000 welfare rights enquiries

We lend…

• 2.88 million library books

We maintain…

• 313 bus tracker signs
• 233 signalled junctions
• 304 road crossings
• 1,459 km of public road
• 25,000 roads defects made safe
• 61,950 street lamps
• 32,000 listed buildings
• 62 ancient monuments
• 39 conservation areas

We attract…

• almost 600,000 visitors to 12 Council-owned museums, galleries and monuments
• four million participants at Edinburgh Leisure facilities

We collect…

•  …and recycle 72,912 tonnes (30.1%) of waste
• refuse from 231,500 homes and 3,347 trade premises

We carry out…

• 8,000 inspections for food safety/health and safety
•  3,500 cremations and burials

We hand out…

• 819 fixed penalty notices 2008/9 for dog fouling, etc.