| Table S18 Persons(1) found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences involving ecstasy-type(2) drugs by type of offence and year, and sentence or order given in 2003, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of persons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Break down by type of offence and sentence or order given, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Found guilty | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Imprisonment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of offence | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Cautioned | Fiscal fine | Total | Absolute or | Community | Probation | Fine | Immediate | Fully | Other | ||
| conditional | Service | Order | Custody (4) | suspended | ||||||||||||||||||
| discharge | Order | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offences under Drugs Acts: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unlawful production | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Unlawful supply | 15 | 38 | 42 | 82 | 72 | 80 | 76 | 112 | 115 | 80 | - | - | 80 | - | 7 | 17 | 19 | 34 | - | 3 | ||
| Possession with intent to supply unlawfully | 36 | 52 | 38 | 74 | 59 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 46 | 38 | - | - | 38 | - | 1 | 9 | 9 | 14 | - | 5 | ||
| Unlawful possession | 96 | 165 | 177 | 328 | 187 | 238 | 274 | 346 | 380 | 460 | - | 7 | 453 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 364 | 10 | - | 40 | ||
| Permitting premises to be used | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| for unlawful purposes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Drugs Act offences | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| All Drugs Act offences | 117 | 216 | 229 | 437 | 265 | 311 | 354 | 481 | 508 | 559 | - | 7 | 552 | 2 | 26 | 41 | 385 | 56 | - | 42 | ||
| Unlawful import or export(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other offences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| All offences | 117 | 216 | 229 | 437 | 265 | 311 | 354 | 482 | 508 | 559 | - | 7 | 552 | 2 | 26 | 41 | 385 | 56 | - | 42 | ||
| (1) As the same person may be found guilty of or cautioned for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce totals. A person who is found guilty of more than one different type of offence is counted against each type of offence under th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| for all drugs act offences and all offences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2) MDMA up until 1995. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3) A breakdown by type of disposal for import and export offences is not available from Customs data for 2000-2003. This is an estimate based on a ratio distribution of the total number of import and export offenders to the various drug offences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (4) Unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||