Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to prevent hate crimes against LGBT+ people.
The Government takes all hate crimes seriously, and we have robust laws to respond to them. Whilst police recorded hate crimes targeting LGBT communities have increased, the biggest driver for this is improvements in police recording and the increased willingness of victims to come forward.
However, we are not complacent about these abhorrent crimes. We will continue to work with the police and stakeholders to understand what more can be done, and we will shortly respond to the Law Commission’s recent review of hate crime laws.