Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Hanson of Flint and Gerry Sutcliffe

Thursday 23rd June 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)]

4. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of disability hate crimes.

[Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab)]

5. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of disability hate crimes.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller)]

Until recently there has been no formal collection of data on disability hate crime. We are committed to promoting better recording of it, and from April this year forces started collecting the relevant data. When the statistics are published next summer we will have a clearer picture of local patterns and trends, which will help the police target their resources in the most effective way.