Hate Crime
Commons · Question 16712 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the retention, review and deletion of historic non-crime hate incident records following the replacement of the non-crime hate incident system.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jul 2026
Under the replacement system proposed by the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council in their joint review of non-crime hate incidents, hate-related non-criminal behaviour will be recorded only where there is a clear policing purpose, and ...