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Hate Crime: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Sentencing Act 2020 to record crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Sentencing Act 2020 to record crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has no current plans to extend the Sentencing Act 2020 to include sex as an aggravating factor in the enhanced sentencing regime.However, an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill has added sex to the list of protected characteristics und...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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