Spiking

Home Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Dec 2021 Closed: 1 Feb 2024 Parliament page
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 … Read more
11 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
6 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 14 events
1 Feb
2023
Correspondence
11 Jan
2023
Correspondence
30 Nov
2022
Correspondence
4 Nov
2022
Correspondence
7 Sep
2022
Correspondence
7 Sep
2022
Correspondence
4 Jul
2022
Report published
26 Apr
2022
Report published
26 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
26 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
19 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
19 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
26 Jan 2022
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Dean Ames · Metropolitan Police Service Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin · National Police Chiefs' Council Joy Allen
19 Jan 2022
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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
12 Jan 2022
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Alexi Skitinis Dawn Dines · Stamp Out Spiking Hannah Stratton Helena Conibear · The Alcohol Education Trust Julie Spencer · The University of Lincoln Zara Owen
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Spiking HC 967 26 Apr 2022 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
13 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Ninth Report - Spiking
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 … Read more
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 publish their approach.
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14 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Ninth Report - Spiking
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 … Read more
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.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 11 classified
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 8
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 1
Total 11 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 6 letters
1 Feb 2023 To committee Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's work to tackle spiking, dated 30 January 2023
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11 Jan 2023 To committee Letter from Minister for Safeguarding on the Government's update to the Home Affairs Committee on the creation of a specific criminal offence for Spiking and the Committee's other recommendations, dated 20 December 2022
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30 Nov 2022 To committee Letter from Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dated 22 November 2022
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4 Nov 2022 From committee Letter to the Home Secretary on introducing a criminal offence for spiking, dated 4 November 2022
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7 Sep 2022 To committee Letter from the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Report on Spiking, dated 15 August 2022
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7 Sep 2022 From committee Letter to the Home Secretary on the Government’s response to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Report on Spiking, dated 20 July 2022
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