Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 1
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Accepted
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Inconsistent honour-based abuse data collection by police and social care
Conclusion
There is inconsistency in how data on honour-based abuse offences is collected and recorded by the police. This is partly due to incorrect recording by police officers, either in failing to recognise an offence as honour-based, or in making an inaccurate assessment of the context. There is insufficient information provided in the published data, and the lack of ethnicity data makes it particularly difficult to know in which communities honour-based abuse occurs, in what forms, and how those communities are being served by police and other agencies. Data currently collected by children’s social care services does not allow for the prevalence of honour- based abuse amongst children and young people to be understood and monitored effectively at Government level.
Government Response Summary
The government recognises the importance of high-quality data and states police are already working with partners to agree national data standards for recording protected characteristics, including ethnicity and race.
Paragraph Reference:
23
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
We recognise that the recording of high-quality data is critical to police performance and public confidence. We know that the police are already taking action in this area and are working with partners to agree national data standards for recording protected characteristics, including ethnicity and race.