Table A7 Number of persons found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences by police forces or other authorities
	and sentence or order given,(1) 2003, Scotland
Police force or other authority		Total	Cautioned	Fiscal	Sentenced
				fine	Absolute	Community	Community	Fine			Otherwise
					or conditional	Rehabilitation	Punishment		Immediate	Fully	dealt
					discharge	Order	Order		custody(2)	suspended	with
Scotland
	Central	299	-	103	14	16	4	141	15	-	6
	Dumfries and Galloway	224	1	66	-	11	11	89	23	-	23
	Fife	189	75	27	-	11	9	40	19	-	8
	Grampian	538	15	24	-	43	23	315	53	-	65
	Lothian and Borders	422	1	104	1	23	15	210	27	-	41
	Northern	445	1	172	1	4	13	214	25	-	15
	Strathclyde	2,287	18	23	3	133	55	1,581	157	-	317
	Tayside	599	6	128	1	20	21	343	26	-	54
	Other	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Scottish Customs	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
	Total	5,003	117	647	20	261	151	2,933	345	-	529
(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 the most severe penalty.
(2) Unsuspended imprisonment, and youth sentences.
(3) Cautions for young offenders have been replaced by reprimands and final warnings from 1 June 2000.  These have not been included in this table.