Hate Crime (People with Learning Difficulties and Learning Disabilities) Bill

Key Points

• Creates a duty for police forces to log hate crimes targeting people with learning difficulties and learning disabilities (including autism).
• Enhances data collection and monitoring of these offences to better understand their scale and impact.
• Allows related provisions to support implementation, such as guidance and reporting arrangements for police and authorities.
• Improves transparency and accountability by ensuring crimes against this group are recorded and (where relevant) published.
• May involve resources and training for police to accurately identify and record these crimes.

Progress

The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the Commons. If it progresses, it will move to detailed scrutiny in Committee Stage.