Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to reduce the rate of hate crime against the LGBT community.

This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including hate crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity. That is why we are taking a cross-Government approach to tackling the issues through the Hate Crime Action Plan published in July 2016. The Government will continue to deliver against the commitments under the action plan which includes recently announced funding for seven new community-led projects, one of which focuses specifically on tackling LGBT hate crime. The Home Secretary has also announced in October funding for the creation of a national online hate crime hub, improving the response to all forms of hate crime.