The government has published its plan for dealing with hate crime in England and Wales. This document sets out the government’s plan of actions to deal with hate crime until May 2020. It outlines actions the government will take to: 
• prevent and respond to hate crime
• increase reporting of hate crime incidents
• improve support for victims
• build an understanding of hate crime
Specific changes following that plan include:
• the publication, for the first time, of detailed findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales on the extent of hate crime victimisation in England and Wales;
• an improvement in the police recording of hate crime – requiring police forces to capture data on recorded hate crimes under all five of the monitored strands, and publishing that data as Official Statistics;
• the funding of a number of projects with voluntary sector organisations working with victims of hate crime under the Ministry of Justice’s Victim and Witness Fund;
• and amended legislation to provide for enhanced sentencing in a wider range of crimes, including for the first time a victim’s transgender identity as an aggravating factor
For further information, visit: http://members.apccs.police.uk/download-email-attachment/?key=PwILA2rIhhj9&file_id=13039