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Written question asked by Mark Pritchard (Conservative) on Monday, 11 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 June 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 14 June 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.


Religiously Aggravated Offences

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of religion-based hate crimes there have been against victims who were (a) Muslim, (b) Jewish and (c) Christian in the last 12 months.
Answer

The information requested is not collected centrally in the recorded crime statistics. The crime statistics have data for racially or religiously aggravated offences as defined by statute but details of the victims of religious-based hate crimes are not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142824; 461 c1240-1W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Religious hatred
Link
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