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<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. <br> <br> 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. <br> <br> 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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