Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Spiking: Welsh Local Authorities

Received on 19/04/2023

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ11248.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ11248 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Dear Will Hecker,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

 

Your Request : REQ11248

 

I can confirm that we hold information that falls within the scope of your
request. The answers to your questions have been provided in red text
below.

 

 

Q1) Do you explicitly reference spiking prevention in your statement of
licensing policy?

No, but it features in pool of conditions and best practice and guidance
for applicants.

 

Q2) Have you run a communications campaign to clearly demonstrate that
your council takes a zero-tolerance approach to spiking.

This has been undertaken in conjunction with Gwent Police, Newport BID.

 

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’

 

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. This will be considered at the next
revision of the policy.

 

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=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

b) 2019

c) 2020

d) 2021

e) 2022

f) 2023 (including latest available data)

The Licensing Authority does not hold this data. Please note that the
Freedom of Information Act requires public authorities to provide recorded
information held by an organisation.  As such, the council is not obliged
to provide information that is not recorded or to give an opinion or
judgement.

 

 

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 provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
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service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please contact me.

 

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may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Councils complaints procedure. To contact the Information Commissioner
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For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
submitted via the link below.

 

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Kind regards,

Sarah Jones

Information Management

 

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.

Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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