Table S8 Persons  sentenced to immediate custody(1) for unlawful possession by length of sentence(2) and year, Scotland
											Number and percentage of persons
Length of sentence		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
					Numbers
	Up to and including 1 month	54	75	47	94	134	115	76	84	58	33
	Over 1 month up to 3 months	60	77	80	124	145	144	89	99	90	49
	Over 3 months up to 6 months	22	32	22	40	33	40	32	39	39	19
	Over 6 months up to 1 year	24	11	9	14	9	14	16	15	17	10
	Over 1 year up to 2 years	12	6	7	11	5	16	10	13	22	11
	Over 2 years up to 5 years	18	14	12	10	13	18	17	24	37	34
	Over 5 years up to 7 years	-	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	5
	Over 7 years	-	-	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	6
		-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Total	190	216	182	295	342	349	246	279	266	167
					Percentages
	Up to and including 1 month	28	35	26	32	39	33	31	30	22	20
	Over 1 month up to 3 months	32	36	44	42	42	41	36	35	34	29
	Over 3 months up to 6 months	12	15	12	14	10	11	13	14	15	11
	Over 6 months up to 1 year	13	5	5	5	3	4	7	5	6	6
	Over 1 year up to 2 years	6	3	4	4	1	5	4	5	8	7
	Over 2 years up to 5 years	9	6	7	3	4	5	7	9	14	20
	Over 5 years up to 7 years	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
	Over 7 years	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
		-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
(1) Unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.
(2)  In the case of offenders with two or more sentences of immediate custody all are shown.