Spiking
Commons · Question 63457 · Tabled 27 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments her Department has made of trends in the number of spiking incidents.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 7 Jul 2025
Spiking is often underreported and this can make analysis of trends difficult.In order to improve our understanding of trends, from April 2026 offences which involve spiking will be added to the Home Office’s Annual Data Requirement. This is the formal me...