Non-crime Hate Incidents: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been investigated for non-crime hate crimes in the last five years.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office does not centrally hold or collate information on the number of children who have been investigated by police forces for non-crime hate incidents.
The statutory Non-Crime Hate Incidents Code of Practice makes it clear that a child who is subject of an non-crime hate incident report may have lower appreciation of the impact of their words or behaviour, thus recording their personal data may be a disproportionate response.
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