Table 1  Number of persons dealt with (1) for drug offences in Scotland by action taken, year and gender											,
										Number of persons
Action taken	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
					Males
Dealt with at court
Sentenced	5,201	4,918	2,940	4,961	5,728	5,689	4,745	4,479	4,263	3,785
Found not guilty	567	580	238	552	822	1,039	967	1,080	1,765	2,495
Total	5,768	5,498	3,178	5,513	6,550	6,728	5,712	5,559	6,028	6,280
Cautioned	17	77	25	4	7	14	86	37	199	101
Settled by compounding(2)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Fiscal fine	683	599	111	695	1,227	1,208	776	838	843	599
Other(3)	2,802	2,546	1,412	1,767	2,802	2,513	2,145	2,454	2,177	2,685
	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------
Total males	9,270	8,720	4,726	7,952	10,586	10,466	8,723	8,891	9,247	9,665
					Females
Dealt with at court
Sentenced	531	511	367	549	788	777	613	486	480	455
Found not guilty	136	123	68	132	141	264	227	229	315	430
Total	667	634	435	681	929	1,041	840	715	795	885
Cautioned	1	6	2	-	-	7	33	5	31	16
Settled by compounding(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fiscal fine	95	69	12	92	110	151	49	62	78	48
Other(3)	476	419	236	304	500	497	343	331	349	403
	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------
Total females	1,239	1,128	685	1,077	1,539	1,698	1,266	1,113	1,253	1,352
					All persons
Dealt with at court
Sentenced	5,732	5,429	3,307	5,510	6,516	6,466	5,358	4,965	4,743	4,238
Found not guilty	703	703	306	684	963	1,303	1,194	1,309	2,080	2,925
Total	6,435	6,132	3,613	6,194	7,479	7,769	6,552	6,274	6,823	7,163
Cautioned	18	83	27	4	7	21	119	42	230	117
Settled by compounding(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Fiscal fine	778	668	123	787	1,337	1,359	825	900	921	647
Other(3)	3,278	2,965	1,648	2,071	3,302	3,010	2,488	2,785	2,526	3,088
	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------
Total persons	10,509	9,848	5,411	9,029	12,125	12,164	9,989	10,004	10,500	11,017
(1) Includes those found not guilty at court.
(2)  HM Customs cases dealt with by the payment of a compound settlement for minor cannabis offences in lieu of prosecution. Not available for 2000, 2002 and 2003.
(3)  Includes some recorded informal warnings and no further action; in the case of H. M. Customs & Excise it includes abscondences.