Hate Crime: Women
Commons · Question 128407 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Sentencing Act 2020 to record crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 27 Apr 2026
The Government has no current plans to extend the Sentencing Act 2020 to include sex as an aggravating factor in the enhanced sentencing regime.However, an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill has added sex to the list of protected characteristics und...