Question follow-through · 26098
Disability: Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate against disabled people.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate against disabled people.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
We have a robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crimes, including offences targeting disabled people. For example, under the Sentencing Act 2020, courts can impose a more severe sentence where an offence is motivated by hostility toward...
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