Table 4  Persons found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences in Scotland by sentence  or order given(1) and year
										Number and percentage of persons
Sentence or order given	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
					Number of persons
Found guilty
Custodial sentence
Immediate custody (3)	434	551	435	724	799	901	703	721	533	345
Suspended sentence	27	26	6	0	0	1	6	3	0	0
Community sentence
Community Service Orders	310	275	207	342	447	423	327	234	195	151
Probation Orders	113	176	121	221	334	457	342	336	344	261
Fine	3,657	3,387	2,296	3,824	4,222	3,952	3,391	3,058	3,036	2,934
Other disposals
Absolute or Conditional discharge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Otherwise dealt with	37	38	39	54	12	11	14	31	15	20
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All found guilty	4,578	4,453	3,104	5,165	5,814	5,745	4,783	4,383	4,123	3,711
Cautions	18	83	27	4	7	21	119	42	230	117
Dealt with by compounding(2)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fiscal fine	778	668	123	787	1,337	1,359	825	900	921	647
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Total	5,374	5,204	3,254	5,958	7,158	7,125	5,727	5,326	5,274	4,475
									2,849	2,070	27.34293
Found guilty					Percentage of persons
Custodial sentence
Immediate custody (3)	8	11	13	12	11	13	12	14	10	8
Suspended sentence	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community sentence
Community Service Orders	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	3
Probation Orders	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	6
Fine	68	65	71	64	59	55	59	57	58	66
Other disposals
Absolute or Conditional discharge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Otherwise dealt with	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
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All found guilty	85	86	95	87	81	81	84	82	78	83
Cautions	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	3
Dealt with by compounding(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiscal fine	14	13	4	13	19	19	14	17	17	14
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Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
(1)  Where a person is found guilty of two or more drugs offences at the same court appearance, the sentence or order shown in this table is one that attracted the most severe penalty.
(2)  HM Customs  cases dealt with by payment of a compound settlement in lieu of prosecutionfor minor cannabis offences. Data not available for 2000, 2002 and 2003.
(3) Includes unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.