Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of disability hate crime there were in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it’s important that victims are
protected and have the confidence to come forward. The Government is driving
forward work to tackle hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up
sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to
increase reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening
in the first place.

We continue to work with our voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of
hate crime at local and national events, and explore opportunities to promote
the use of the True Vision web tool further, including through targeted social
media advertising with direct messages to specific groups.

The Government’s action plan on hate crime, published in 2012, and progress
report, published in May 2014, outline actions currently being taken by the
Government to tackle hate crime, as well as the many actions which have already
been completed.

The Home Office has collected information on the number of disability and
sexual orientation hate crimes recorded by the police at the police force area
level since 2011/12. Data are therefore available for the Metropolitan police
area and for England and Wales for the three years, 2011/12, 2012/13 and
2013/14. The available information is given in the Table.

Further information on hate crimes, including force level figures, can be found at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crimes-england-and-wales-2013-to-2
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