Spiking
Commons · Question 63940 · 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 effectiveness of existing data collection systems in capturing the scale of spiking incidents in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 8 Jul 2025
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...