Written Question·Home Office·UIN 63940
Spiking
Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing data collection systems in capturing the scale of spiking incidents in the UK.
Answer
Jess PhillipsFrom 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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