Question reference: S6W-16046
- Date lodged: 21 March 2023
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Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 April 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many Drug Treatment and Testing Orders have been imposed on people in each local authority area in each year since 2011-12.
Answer
Information about national and local numbers of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) is published annually. The relevant spreadsheet can be accessed directly online via this link: justice social work local authority tables up to 2021-22 for drug treatment and testing orders
Alternatively, this spreadsheet (“JSW local authority tables up to 2021 - 22 for drug treatment and testing orders”) can be found on the following page on the Scottish Government website: www.gov.scot/publications/criminal-justice-social-work-statistics-additional-tables-back-to-2004-2005/
Within the spreadsheet, the information for each relevant year can be accessed by selecting ‘Orders and Individuals: Number of Orders, Number per 10,000 Population and Number of Individuals’. Contextual information is contained in the footnotes of the table in relation to each year.