Hate Crime: Disability
Commons · Question 27820 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle and (b) improve reporting rates of disability hate crime.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 7 Feb 2025
Disability hate crimes are completely unacceptable, and this Government is committed to tackling these appalling crimes.We have a robust legislative framework in place in England and Wales to respond to hate crimes, including those which target disability...