Question follow-through · 21360
Spiking: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess the prevalence of chemical submission offences in England and Wales.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess the prevalence of chemical submission offences in England and Wales.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2026
Answer published
To improve understanding of the prevalence and motivations behind these offences, spiking has been added to the Annual Data Requirement, through which the Home Office collects police data from forces in England and Wales. Returns will be analysed using th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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