Drink spiking legal outcomes from 2014- 2025

​​Request 814350887

From 2015 to 2025, how many reports of spiking made to the police ended up testing positive for a spiking substance, broken down by the different substance/s detected in each case.

Response

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, a scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed the amount prescribed by the relevant Regulations.

In this case, we have identified that this request is one of multiple requests that have been submitted either:

• by the same individual; or

• by different individuals who appear to be acting in concert or as part of a coordinated campaign.

Regulation 3 of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 states If two or more requests for information are received:

• within a period of 60 consecutive working days (or a longer period if reasonable in the circumstances),

• from the same person or from different persons acting together, and

• the requests relate to similar or related information,

then the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests must be taken to be the total estimated cost of complying with all of them. This regulation supports Article 16(3) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. As the applicant’s previous similar request (refs. 791952950 and 805580558) have already exceeded the cost limitation, the States of Jersey Police decline to provide a response.

Article applied

Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.

(3) Regulations may provide that, in such circumstances as the Regulations prescribe, if two or more requests for information are made to a scheduled public authority –

(a) by one person; or

(b) by different persons who appear to the scheduled public authority to be acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign, the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the estimated total cost of complying with all of them.