§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will introduce a hate crimes register; and if he will make a statement. [186874]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe Government have no plans to introduce a hate crimes register.
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§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the results of the Home Office's Understanding and Responding to Hate Crimes project. [186886]
§ Fiona MactaggartThis project was a joint initiative between the Metropolitan Police Service (MRS) and the Royal Holloway University of London, with funding from the Home Office. The MRS project team has produced fact sheets covering hate crime information from January to June 2001 for domestic, racial, and homophobic incidents, as well as sexual assaults. These factsheets have been disseminated to borough Community Safety Units (CSUs) in London as reference material. Further information is available on the metropolitan police website at http://www.met.police.uk/urhc/.