Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 63146
Non-crime Hate Incidents
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.
Answer
Lucy RigbyAll factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...
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