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Spiking

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Dec 2021 Closed: 1 Feb 2024 11 recommendations 11 conclusions 1 report

As part of the Committee’s overarching work into violence against women and girls , the Committee wishes to explore the incidence of spiking at nightclubs and pubs, festivals and private house parties. Read the terms of reference for more detail about this work. As part of this inquiry, the Committee launched a public survey to …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Spiking HC 967 26 Apr 2022 22 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
13 Recommendation Ninth Report - Spiking Accepted in Part

Develop national anti-spiking strategy by evaluating initiatives and promoting best practice

The Government should evaluate the efficacy of different anti-spiking partnership initiatives and develop a national strategy which promotes best practice and requires all police forces and local authorities to publish their chosen approach. (Paragraph 66) Spiking 41 Detecting and investigating spiking

Government response. The government intends to review anti-spiking initiatives as part of a statutory review due April 2023, featuring best practice, but currently has no intention to publish a specific national strategy. It will consider requiring police forces and local authorities to …
Home Office
14 Recommendation Ninth Report - Spiking Accepted in Part

Necessity of national communications campaign to raise spiking awareness and reporting

The Home Office, in partnership with key stakeholders, should conduct a national communications campaign to raise awareness of how to act when people suspect they have been spiked. This campaign should emphasise the importance of individuals and venues reporting incidents or concerns to the police. An option to report spiking …

Government response. The government agrees with the recommendation and is working with policing stakeholders to promote key messages through campaigns like 'Enough'. It will explore options for further communications, but does not explicitly commit to anonymous reporting or a new national campaign.
Home Office

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
26 Jan 2022 Dean Ames · Metropolitan Police Service, Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin · National Police Chiefs' Council, Joy Allen View ↗
19 Jan 2022 Councillor Jeanie Bell, Dr Adrian Boyle · Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Jade Quittenton · St John Ambulance, Michael Kill · Night Time Industries Association, Paul Fullwood · Security Industry Authority View ↗
12 Jan 2022 Alexi Skitinis, Dawn Dines · Stamp Out Spiking, Hannah Stratton, Helena Conibear · The Alcohol Education Trust, Julie Spencer · The University of Lincoln, Zara Owen View ↗

Correspondence

6 letters
DateDirectionTitle
1 Feb 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's work to tackle sp…
11 Jan 2023 To cttee Letter from Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's update to the Home Af…
30 Nov 2022 To cttee Letter from Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dated…
4 Nov 2022 From cttee Letter to the Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dat…
7 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affair…
7 Sep 2022 From cttee Letter to the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affairs …