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<p>I refer the Honourable Member to the previous answer I gave to the question UIN
282566 on 3 September 2019:</p><p>Pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2019 to Question
277247, my Department has allocated £250,000 in total over 2016/17 and 2018/19 to
the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). £150,000 of this was to support work encouraging
reporting from groups who are less likely to report hate crime. These groups included
EU citizens, Hindus, Christians, and the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, as well
as Sikhs</p><p>In February, my Department organised a hate crime workshop for representatives
from the Sikh community with contributions from across government, the police and
criminal justice system. Outcomes included further engagement between the Sikh community
and organisations including the NPCC, Crown Prosecution Service, Metropolitan Police
and Department for Education</p><p>My Department and the NPCC continue to work with
the Sikh community and other groups who are less likely to report to raise awareness
of hate crime and encourage reporting. This work forms part of our commitment to tackling
faith and race based hate crime made in the refreshed Cross-Government Hate Crime
Action Plan.</p>
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