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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Monday, 18 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 February 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Crimes of Violence: Jews

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent attacks on Jewish people have taken place in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested is not available centrally.The Home Office collects statistics on the number of racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded and detected by the police. It is not possible to separately identify those offences of a specific religious nature from those of a specific racial nature.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
187445; 472 c1657-8W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Jews Racial violence Antisemitism
Link
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