Question reference: S6W-05976
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 27 January 2022
-
Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Lord Advocate’s statement on 22 September 2021, whether Police Scotland can currently issue recorded police warnings for simple possession offences involving Class A drugs, and, if so, how many (a) such warnings have been issued and (b) people have been referred to drug treatment services in these cases.
Answer
As per the Lord Advocate’s Statement to the Scottish Parliament on 22 September 2021, the scope of the recorded police warning scheme has been extended to include possession only offences of Class A drugs. The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of recorded police warnings issued, nor the number of people that have been referred to drug treatment services in these cases. This information is held by Police Scotland.