Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of spiking of (a) drinks and (b) by injection have been reported to the police in England in each of the last 12 months.

Reports of spiking, be that via drink or needle, are of course concerning. It is not possible with the data that the Home Office holds to provide a full and accurate picture on the scale of such attacks. The Home Office will publish data on the number of spiking reports as part of the statutory report on the scale and nature spiking. The report will be published in April 2023.