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registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the diversity champion is on her departmental board.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	58238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office Executive Management Board chaired by the Permanent Secretary and made up of Director Generals and the Second Permanent Secretary have all agreed to be diversity and inclusion champions for respective protected characteristics as detailed below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Diversity Strand/ Protected Characteristic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Home Office Champion </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability</p></td><td><p>Mark Thomson, Director General, Her Majesty’s Passport Office and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Generational diversity</p></td><td><p>Paul Lincoln, Director General, Crime, Policing and Fire Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Race</p></td><td><p>Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Hugh Ind (Chair of Race Board)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Patsy Wilkinson, Second Permanent Secretary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Orientation</p></td><td><p>Mike Parsons, Director General, Capabilities and Resources</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faith</p></td><td><p>Tom Hurd, Director General, Office of Security and Counter Terrorism</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender Identity</p></td><td><p>Simon Wren, Director of Communication, Communication Directorate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diversity and Inclusion (Overview)</p></td><td><p>Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General, Border Force</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As Champions, they see themselves as role models, widely recognised as a supporter and champion of diversity and inclusion with a key role to play in embedding diversity and inclusion into all aspects of the Home Office. The Home Office views this as an opportunity to make a real difference to the experience of our people, ensuring an inclusive Home Office that values the contribution of everyone.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2017 18:02:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542235

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to identify areas that have higher than average levels of hate crime; and if she will provide additional resources for those areas.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43754 43755 43756 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542236

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police officers are trained to deal with hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43753 43755 43756 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542237

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets she has set the police relating to dealing with hate crime incidents.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43753 43754 43756 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542238

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides specialist care for victims of hate crime; and if she will provide additional resources to deal with the rise in hate crime since the referendum on UK membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43753 43754 43755 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542239

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation on hate crime; and whether she has plans to review the suitability of such legislation for tackling such crimes.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/09/2016 14:31:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542240

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage reporting of hate crime incidents; and whether she plans to introduce new ways of reporting.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	43758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43753 43754 43755 43756 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff