Spiking: Scottish licensing boards

Good afternoon

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Spiking of Drinks

I refer to you recent query. This has been dealt with as an information
request under the above Act.

You have asked questions in relation to spiking of drinks and the answers
are provided below in red.

Q1) Do you explicitly reference spiking prevention in your statement of
licensing policy? No.

Q2) Have you run a communications campaign to clearly demonstrate that
your council takes a zero-tolerance approach to spiking. No.

Q3) Which of the following partnership schemes are training packages are
referenced in your statement of licensing policy?

·       Pubwatch

·       Best Bar None

·       Purple Flag

·       Community Alcohol Partnerships

·       Street Pastors

·       The Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) initiative

·       ‘Ask for Angela’                                        
                                          None.

Q4) Has your licensing authority followed the recommendation of the Home
Affairs Select Committee to consider the prevalence, prevention and
reporting of sexual harassment and misconduct and gender-based violence in
statements of licensing policy. No.

Q5) For the previous 5 calendar years please provide the number of venues
which have had their licence suspended, revoked, or/and had conditions
added to the licence, as a result of spiking incidents within the venue.
Please could you provide this data broken down by year.

a) 2018                                                  0

b) 2019                                                   0

c) 2020                                                   0

d) 2021                                                   0

e) 2022                                                   0

f) 2023 (including latest available data)   0

Q6) How many incidents of alleged spiking have been recorded by the
licensing authority in the past five years. Please break down by year

a) 2018                                                             0

b) 2019                                                           
0       

c) 2020                                                            0

d) 2021                                                             0

e) 2022                                                             0

f) 2023 (including latest available data)             0

Q7) Please provide details of the three most recent cases where a venue
has had its licence suspended, revoked or/and had conditions added, as a
result of spiking incidents – N/A

I hope this information is of assistance to you.

Please refer to the enclosed leaflet which explains your right to complain
about the handling of your case and / or the decision made.

Kind regards

Bryan Douglas

Licensing Co-ordinator

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FOI  105871

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