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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hate Crime: Disability (14 October 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of offences where disability hate crime was a factor in each year since 2010.

Asked by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)

Answer

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions by detailed offence. There is no specific offence under legislation for crimes involving disability hate crime, rather it is an aggravating factor in offences. This information may be held on court record, however, identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.


Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
17 October 2019

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