Written questions

Racial Hatred: Prosecutions

Lords · Question HL10749 · Tabled 6 Oct 2025 · Attorney General · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Bassam of Brighton

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish figures identifying the number of successful prosecutions of race hate crimes for each of the past five years since 2020.

Answer

Answered by Lord Hermer, 20 Oct 2025

This Government is committed to tackling hate crime in all its forms, including race.The table below shows the number of convictions and prosecutions by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for defendants flagged with a racial hate crime monitoring flag fo...