Written questions

Hate Crime: Religion

Commons · Question 51019 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has recorded any instances of police investigating people for speech deemed offensive to religious groups in the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 15 May 2025

On the matter of guidance to the police, I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 16 May to Question 5882-84.On the matter of police investigation, the Home Office collects information on crimes and their outcomes recorded by the police but does not...