Question follow-through · 27899
Hate Crime: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with the Sentencing Council on the adequacy of the sentencing tariff for perpetrators of disability hate crime.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with the Sentencing Council on the adequacy of the sentencing tariff for perpetrators of disability hate crime.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
Disability hate crimes are completely unacceptable, and this Government is committed to tackling these appalling crimes. We have a robust legislative framework in place in England and Wales to respond to hate crimes, including those which target disabilit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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