Drug Offences

24.

Mr. David Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland, in each of the last five years, have been convicted, and what was their average sentence, for dealing, providing, pushing, selling, supplying or trafficking in drugs; and if he will make a statement.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
Information on convictions for drugs offences is published annually in "Statistics of the misuse of drugs: seizures and offenders dealt with, United Kingdom, Scotland tables", copies of which are in the Library.