Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community; what analysis they have carried out regarding such crimes; whether they have identified any trends; and if so, what they are.

The Home Office collects and publishes statistics annually on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, broken down by five centrally monitored strands: race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity.

The Home Office routinely work with civil society partners, including those working on LGBTQ+ issues, to understand hate crime trends. The latest Home Office data on recorded crime in relation to all protected characteristics, including prevalence and trends, is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/839172/hate-crime-1819-hosb2419.pdf