To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total amount (a) spent and (b) allocated
| Number of persons proceeded against for possession of drugs by type of drugs offence and police force | |||||||||
| Police force | All drugs1 | Cocaine | Heroin | LSD | MDMA | Methadone | Amphetamines | Cannabis | Other |
| Number of persons proceeded against in all courts (1994) | |||||||||
| Central | 316 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 284 | 7 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 183 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 146 | 14 |
| Fife | 176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 167 | 3 |
| Grampian | 679 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 103 | 583 | 17 |
| Lothian and Borders | 809 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 153 | 648 | 60 |
| Northern | 199 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 182 | 2 |
| Strathclyde | 2,076 | 13 | 91 | 69 | 37 | 7 | 262 | 1,703 | 96 |
| Tayside | 366 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 325 | 24 |
| Scotland | 4,804 | 18 | 119 | 176 | 107 | 15 | 677 | 4,038 | 223 |
| Persons proceeded against in solemn courts (1994) | |||||||||
| Central | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Fife | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Grampian | 26 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| Lothian and Borders | 40 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 11 |
| Northern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Strathclyde | 133 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 79 | 10 |
| Tayside | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Scotland | 253 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 20 | 3 | 65 | 165 | 27 |
| Persons proceeded against in all courts (1995) | |||||||||
| Central | 163 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 146 | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 156 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 139 | 6 |
| Fife | 262 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 237 | 2 |
| Grampian | 808 | 8 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 136 | 674 | 45 |
| Lothian and Borders | 149 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 3 |
| Northern | 126 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 113 | 2 |
| Strathclyde | 2,389 | 11 | 155 | 47 | 87 | 11 | 326 | 1,913 | 87 |
| Tayside | 264 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 226 | 12 |
| Scotland | 4,317 | 20 | 204 | 86 | 151 | 15 | 595 | 3,588 | 161 |
| Persons proceeded against in solemn courts (1995) | |||||||||
| Central | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Fife | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Grampian | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Lothian and Borders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
by his Department on tackling problems relating to drugs in respect of (i) improving international co-operation to reduce supplies from abroad, (ii) increasing the effectiveness of police and Customs enforcement, (iii) maintaining effective deterrents and tight domestic controls, (iv) developing prevention publicity, education and community action and (v) improving treatment and rehabilitation, for (1) 1994, (2) 1995, (3) 1996 and (4) 1997. [4783]
Information on total Government and individual departments' expenditure on tackling drug misuse is not recorded on an annual basis. The most recently published estimates were contained in the report of the Ministerial Drugs Task Force, "Drugs in Scotland: Meeting the Challenge". This showed that an estimated £42 million of public expenditure was spent on drug-related action in Scotland in 1992–93. Updating this figure to take account of inflation and major new initiatives suggests spend of over £50 million in 1996-97 in my right hon. Friend's areas of responsibility.To co-ordinate action against drugs, the Government will be appointing a "drugs czar", accountable to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet's coordinating committee on drug misuse, of which I am a member. These arrangements will run alongside action reflecting the particular circumstances of the position in Scotland.'
Number of persons proceeded against for possession of drugs by type of drugs offence and police force
| |||||||||
Police force
| All drugs1
| Cocaine
| Heroin
| LSD
| MDMA
| Methadone
| Amphetamines
| Cannabis
| Other
|
| Northern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Strathclyde | 118 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 66 | 15 |
| Tayside | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Scotland | 176 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 40 | 111 | 21 |
Source:
Home Office Research and Statistics Directorate.
Note:
1 Columns cannot be added together since a person may be dealt with for more than one type of drug.