Written Question·Home Office·UIN 38181

LGBT+ People: Hate Crime

Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle hate crime against LGBTQ+ people and (b) make LGBTQ+ related hate crime an aggravated offence.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
All hate crimes, including those targeting LGBT+ people, are completely unacceptable and we back the police in taking strong action against the perpetrators of these appalling offences.We have committed to ensuring parity of protection for LGBT+ and disab...

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