Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 90343

Spiking: Testing

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tests for spiking were conducted in hospitals in England in each of the last five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The requested data is not collected centrally. NHS England does not routinely collect hospital admissions data specifically related to spiking, nor the number of tests conducted explicitly labelled as being for spiking in hospitals.The Home Office has pub...

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