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Freedom of Information Act Request No: 2022-252
Version Date: 07/04/2022
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Can you confirm the number of drug offences recorded in schools? Please give a breakdown for the following years,
i) 2018,
ii) 2019,
iii) 2020,
iv) 2021,
v) 2022 to the present date?
Year |
Total |
2018 |
21 |
2019 |
9 |
2020 |
7 |
2021 |
5 |
2022 |
3 |
Can you give details in each case?
i) of the type and amount of drug involved?
Year |
Drug Type |
Drug Amount |
Count of offences |
2018 |
Amphetamine |
2.5kg |
1 |
Cannabis |
Not Stated |
11 |
|
Cannabis |
1.00g |
2 |
|
Cannabis |
1.08g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
1.10g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
1.40g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
3.60g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
7.60g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
9.00g |
1 |
|
MDMA |
Not Stated |
1 |
|
2019 |
Cannabis |
Not Stated |
4 |
Cannabis |
0.10g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
1.00g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
7.20g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
28.00g |
1 |
|
MDMA |
Not Stated |
1 |
|
2020 |
Cannabis |
Not Stated |
3 |
Cannabis |
2.00g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
9.25g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
11.47g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
20.20g |
1 |
|
2021 |
Cannabis |
Not Stated |
3 |
Cannabis |
0.20g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
0.50g |
1 |
|
2022 |
Cannabis |
Not Stated |
1 |
Cannabis |
0.70g |
1 |
|
Cannabis |
3.50g |
1 |
ii) total monetary value?
With reference to Q2 (ii) we do not have the data to provide the monetary value.
iii) type of school, primary or secondary for example?
All the schools were secondary schools
iv) details of who it was seized from, their age and whether they were a pupil or member of staff?
All the suspects were pupils
Age of suspect |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
13 |
5 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
15 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
- |
1 |
17 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
Not Stated |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total |
21 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
3 |