To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been arrested for drug driving in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.
Information on the number ofarrests made by the police is not held centrally, only the number of crimes recorded.Furthermore, figures for driving offencesinvolving drugs alone are not available. Finally,no information about the age of the accused is held centrally.
The following table, therefore,gives the number of drunk or drug-driving offences (including those involving therefusal to provide a test or sample) recorded by the police in each localauthority area since 1999-2000.
Number of Relevant DrivingOffences1 Recorded by the Police, Broken Down by Local AuthorityArea, 1999-2000 to 2005-06
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
Aberdeen City | 160 | 112 | 123 | 154 | 170 | 182 | 136 |
Aberdeenshire | 98 | 97 | 104 | 103 | 83 | 120 | 129 |
Angus | 43 | 46 | 67 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 105 |
Argyll and Bute | 61 | 54 | 55 | 85 | 65 | 79 | 63 |
Clackmannanshire | 26 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 39 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 45 | 83 | 58 | 78 | 55 | 84 | 80 |
Dundee | 143 | 137 | 163 | 152 | 131 | 88 | 82 |
East Ayrshire | 67 | 62 | 88 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 79 |
East Dunbartonshire | 47 | 53 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 52 | 49 |
East Lothian | 39 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 21 | 23 |
East Renfrewshire | 39 | 31 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 23 | 33 |
Edinburgh, City of | 274 | 211 | 194 | 228 | 196 | 157 | 221 |
Eilean Siar | 17 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 24 |
Falkirk | 71 | 76 | 121 | 101 | 86 | 78 | 84 |
Fife | 171 | 174 | 189 | 214 | 234 | 166 | 160 |
Glasgow City | 669 | 689 | 627 | 637 | 624 | 590 | 592 |
Highland | 162 | 149 | 203 | 192 | 175 | 185 | 169 |
Inverclyde | 46 | 48 | 75 | 83 | 62 | 58 | 62 |
Midlothian | 50 | 23 | 41 | 31 | 45 | 26 | 38 |
Moray | 39 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 40 | 52 | 39 |
North Ayrshire | 62 | 75 | 64 | 63 | 59 | 69 | 78 |
North Lanarkshire | 215 | 233 | 213 | 229 | 211 | 191 | 205 |
Orkney Islands | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
Perth and Kinross | 62 | 97 | 81 | 92 | 74 | 112 | 106 |
Renfrewshire | 108 | 105 | 122 | 114 | 128 | 92 | 100 |
Scottish Borders | 48 | 51 | 23 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 49 |
Shetland Islands | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
South Ayrshire | 53 | 81 | 58 | 72 | 57 | 51 | 60 |
South Lanarkshire | 198 | 188 | 175 | 185 | 176 | 133 | 169 |
Stirling | 43 | 66 | 61 | 62 | 51 | 46 | 51 |
West Dunbartonshire | 71 | 73 | 82 | 83 | 88 | 73 | 66 |
West Lothian | 102 | 105 | 140 | 113 | 82 | 85 | 108 |
Total | 3,279 | 3,248 | 3,305 | 3,458 | 3,227 | 3,048 | 3,227 |
Note: 1. Offences included are:
Driving a motor vehicle whileunfit through drink or drugs.
In charge of a motor vehiclewhile unfit through drink or drugs.
Failure to co-operate with apreliminary test.
Failure to provide a specimenat a police station.
Offences specifically excludedare:
Driving motor vehicle with bloodalcohol content above prescribed limit.
In charge of motor vehicle whileblood alcohol content above limit.