The information requested is shown in the following table:
Type of sentence Year/type of drug Fine Community sentence Suspended sentence Immediate custody Caution 2003 Cocaine 24 115 23 973 56 Heroin 19 401 36 1,979 39 LSD 0 3 0 4 4 MDMA 34 285 28 588 62 Crack 4 53 7 375 15 Methadone 1 11 0 10 8 Other class A 11 133 15 486 22 Amphetamine 12 92 17 146 20 Other class B 7 52 63 55 28 Cannabis 144 980 4 697 570 Anabolic Steroid 1 1 1 2 1 Other class C 6 35 2 17 20 Ketamine3 * * * * * Methylamphetamine4 * * * * * GHB 0 0 0 0 0 2004 Cocaine 17 166 12 1,029 66 Heroin 10 404 31 2,077 48 LSD 1 0 0 9 0 MDMA 15 232 16 494 59 Crack 3 71 4 386 19 Methadone 4 10 1 10 10 Other class A 7 105 6 546 29 Amphetamine 15 107 19 156 29 Other class B 4 40 61 46 14 Cannabis 122 821 2 576 555 Anabolic Steroid 0 5 0 4 4 Other class C 33 189 19 127 103 Ketamine * * * * * Methylamphetamine * * * * * GHB 0 0 0 0 0 2005 Cocaine 28 223 41 1,064 73 Heroin 10 526 48 1,750 65 LSD 0 7 1 9 1 MDMA 15 224 32 433 72 Crack 8 93 17 444 31 Methadone 1 10 4 9 11 Other class A 12 184 20 494 42 Amphetamine 13 129 20 153 26 Other class B 3 15 72 27 8 Cannabis 87 685 3 407 635 Anabolic Steroid 0 2 0 4 3 Other class C 47 360 53 319 90 Ketamine * * * * * Methylamphetamine * * * * * GHB 0 0 0 0 1 2006 Cocaine 21 163 141 1,132 132 Heroin 8 365 205 1,657 56 LSD 0 1 4 4 7 MDMA 24 124 89 337 87 Crack 7 82 40 433 30 Methadone 1 7 5 9 11 Other class A 6 123 59 484 54 Amphetamine 3 89 77 163 34 Other class B 2 11 271 7 9 Cannabis 50 496 7 341 621 Anabolic Steroid 0 1 1 0 5 Other class C 30 288 256 399 84 Ketamine 1 1 1 1 1 Methylamphetamine * * * * * GHB 0 0 0 0 1 2007 Cocaine 25 189 260 1,190 146 Heroin 10 288 260 1,706 45 LSD 2 4 2 7 6 MDMA 9 121 169 349 88 Crack 4 74 55 482 23 Methadone 1 7 4 7 10 Other class A 1 103 100 535 54 Amphetamine 10 66 123 148 50 Other class B 2 5 340 17 8 Cannabis 61 460 4 333 553 Anabolic Steroid * 2 1 1 1 Other class C 31 223 332 352 78 Ketamine 3 4 0 0 15 Methylamphetamine 0 0 0 3 1 GHB 0 0 1 0 0 1 Community licences include drug treatment, testing orders and drug rehabilitation referrals. 2 Drug dealing offences comprise having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply and supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug. 3 Ketamine drug was made illegal m 2006. 4 Methylamphetamine previously consulted with Amphetamine as class B drug was separately classified as class A drug on 18 January 2007. Notes: 1. From 1 June 2O00 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings These figures have been included in the totals 2. The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences wets the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has committed two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. 3. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.