Table A2 Rates(1) of persons found guilty, cautioned or given a fiscal fine for drug offences by police forces or other authorities
	and sentence or order given, 2003, Scotland
											Persons per million population
Police force or other authority		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
															PERSONS
Scotland													40	Bedfordshire	573,765	0.573765
	Central	1,180	603	1,220	1,203	426	841	871	437	648	1,068
	Dumfries and Galloway	1,242	1,360	1,831	2,114	1,647	1,774	1,281	1,089	1,290	1,522
	Fife	460	703	826	1,226	1,408	957	732	529	950	537
	Grampian	1,199	1,556	1,424	1,760	2,109	1,628	921	1,590	1,110	1,028
	Lothian and Borders	699	184	386	1,147	1,073	1,080	971	472	616	475
	Northern	702	536	529	985	1,256	1,322	1,002	1,204	1,165	1,610
	Strathclyde	947	1,114	422	1,084	1,801	1,884	1,508	1,519	1,401	1,038
	Tayside	904	639	816	1,508	1,497	1,701	1,731	1,294	1,688	1,549
	Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Scottish Customs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Average rate	903	886	671	1,240	1,549	1,549	1,246	1,168	1,166	989
(1) These rates  per million population are calculated by relating the number of persons found guilty or cautioned for each police force to the mid-year population estimates for each year;
persons dealt with by H.M. Customs and other authorities are not included.