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Written question asked by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2026. It was answered by Sarah Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.


Hate Crime

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to question 85264 answered on 5 November 2025, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the linking of Census data to hate crime data.

Answer

Home Office officials have started conversations with the Office for National Statistics to investigate the technical feasibility of linking anonymised person-level data Census data to police recorded hate crime to improve its data quality.

I will write to you once these discussions have concluded.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
117834
Session
2024-26
Related items
Hate Crime: Victims
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Statistics Hate crime
Link
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