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Ninth Report - Spiking
Home Affairs Committee
HC 967
Published 26 April 2022
Recommendations
13
Accepted in Part
Develop national anti-spiking strategy by evaluating initiatives and promoting best practice
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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 publish their approach.
Home Office
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14
Accepted in Part
Para 75
Necessity of national communications campaign to raise spiking awareness and reporting
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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
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