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<p>The Government takes all forms of hate crime very seriously. Crime that is motivated
by hostility or hatred towards the victim is particularly corrosive and can have devastating
consequences for victims and their families. In 2012, the previous Government published
a hate crime action plan and a total of 13 actions were dedicated to the prevention
of disability hate crime, including the creation of a new cross government Disability
Strategy, the publication of the Crown Prosecution Service Action Plan on disability
hate crime and publishing examples of good practice by disabled persons’ user-led
organisations. The progress report on the action plan, published in 2014, showed that
we had either completed or made good progress on all actions.</p><p>The number of
police-recorded hate crimes against disabled people has increased each year since
records began in 2011. There were 1,753 reports in 2011/2012, 1,843 in 2012/2013 and
1,985 in 2013/2014. This could indicate that there is an increased understanding of
disability hate crime by police and victims.</p><p>The Government is currently speaking
to a number of organisations and individuals to inform the next steps in our strategy
to tackle disability hate crime. This includes work with the Fulfilling Potential
Forum, which is led by the Office for Disability Issues within DWP and is made up
of around 40 disability charities, including disabled people’s user led organisations.</p>
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