Hate Crime (Hansard, 17 September 2004)

§ Mr. Woodward
To 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 Mactaggart
The Government have no plans to introduce a hate crimes register.
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§ Mr. Woodward
To 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 Mactaggart
This 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/.