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Mr. Leigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by type of drug the number of persons for each
| 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 |
| 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 |
Note:
1 Columns cannot be added together since a person may be dealt with for more than one type of drug.
Source:
Home Office Research and Statistics Directorate.