§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Solicitor General for Scotland how many cases involving injury attributable to glue sniffing or solvent abuse have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal's offices or to the Crown Office, for each of the last five years, including 1983 to date.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandThe information sought is not available. Generally, where a person abusing solvent injures himself that would only be reported to the procurator fiscal if that person died. Where it is known that solvent abuse may have played a part in the commission of an offence resulting in injury to a third person this fact will be brought to the attention of the court, but, it is not possible to say how many cases fall into this category.