Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 145549 on racially aggravated offences: Lancashire, what guidance has been (a) updated and (b) implemented into police policy since publication of the Hate Crime Action Plan; and what effect that plan has had on the number of incidents of hate crime reported in Lancashire.
The College of Policing issued operational guidance on hate crime in 2014 to support police forces in England and Wales. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s national lead for hate crime supports police forces to implement the guidance.
It is for the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable for Lancashire Constabulary to assess the effectiveness of the police response to hate crime in Lancashire.