Written Question·Home Office·UIN 63936

Spiking

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve data collection on the prevalence of spiking.

Answer

Jess Phillips
From April 2026, offences which involved spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal mechanism through which the Home Office collects data from all police forces in England and Wales. This will ensure that the Ho...

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