Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 22
22
Accepted
Government's hate crime action plan remains expired, missing strategic opportunity.
Conclusion
It is disappointing that the Government has not updated the hate crime action plan, which expired in 2020. The lack of an action plan is a missed opportunity to provide a coherent, cross-departmental strategy on tackling intersectional hate crime. (Conclusion, Paragraph 101)
Government Response Summary
The government says it is currently prioritising the implementation of measures outlined in Protecting What Matters, as well as continuing existing programmes to address hate crime and religious hatred.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
63. The recently published Protecting What Matters outlines the Government’s approach to improving social cohesion based on three key pillars: confident communities, focusing on pride in place and community initiatives; cohesive communities, focusing on integration and combatting religious hatred; and resilient communities, focusing on combatting extremism. The plan outlines how we will ensure hate crimes are prosecuted with the full force of the law and includes commitment to strengthening national reporting mechanisms for hate crime and plans for combatting online hate crime to make sure offences are swiftly investigated. It also details how we are rolling out training on religious hatred across the Civil Service. 64. The Government is currently prioritising the implementation of measures outlined in Protecting What Matters, as well as continuing existing programme to address hate crime and religious hatred.