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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 1 September 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Religious Hatred: Crimes of Violence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of religiously-motivated violence against (a) Muslims, (b) Jews, (c) Christians, (d) Sikhs, (e) Buddhists and (f) Hindus were recorded in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information requested is not collected centrally. The Home Office collects statistics on recorded racially or religiously aggravated offences for some specific categories of offence. However, it is not possible to determine (a) whether an offence was of a racial or religious nature or (b) the religion of the victim.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
479 c1591W; 219849
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Crimes of violence Religious hatred
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk