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<p>This Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people who have experienced
hate crime have the confidence to report it.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 July last year the
Government published a new Hate Crime Action Plan. This outlines the work we will
do over the next four years to drive forward action against hate crime in all its
forms. The action plan focuses on 5 key areas, one of which is to increase the confidence
of victims to report hate crime.</p><p> </p><p>2,508 disability hate crimes were reported
to the police in 2014/15 and this increased by 69% to 3,629, in 2015/16. The number
of prosecutions for disability hate crimes has also increased by 41% compared with
2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have undertaken, supported and funded a number
of activities to increase the confidence of disabled people to report hate crime.</p>
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