Spiking
Commons · Question 63933 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of understanding offender motivation as part of the Government's strategy to tackle spiking.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 8 Jul 2025
The Home Office has recently completed the tender for a piece of academic research into the motivations of perpetrators who commit spiking offences. This project will help to fill a gap in research that was identified by a recent literature review on the ...