Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish a new national Hate Crime Action Plan.

The Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime wherever in the country it occurs, and whoever is responsible for committing it. We expect the police to fully investigate these appalling offences and work with the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure perpetrators are brought to justice.

The Home Office is already working closely with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and other government departments, to strengthen the response to hate crime going forward so we can tackle this offending head on.

The Government funds an online hate crime reporting portal called True Vision, designed so victims of all types of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. We also continue to fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub which supports individual local police forces in dealing specifically with online hate crime