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Spiking

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 63931

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support research into the motivations of people who commit spiking offences.

Answered by Jess Phillips

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 subject and will have practical implications by helping to inform Home Office policy and practice going forward.

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