§ Mr. GrahamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many drug-related crimes have been committed in Scotland in the last five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 3 July 1992]: Information collected centrally on crimes recorded by the police is not held in a form which shows whether or not the crime was drug related. Information on the number of drugs offences, which includes importation, production, supply and possession of drugs, recorded by the police in the last five years is contained in the statistical bulletin "Recorded crime in Scotland 1991" which was published on 22 May 1992 and a copy of which is in the Library.