Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 59684

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Sikhs

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Jas Athwal

LabourIlford South

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology records Sikh or Sikhism, as a religion or belief and not as an ethnicity.Please refer to Table A3 of the Civil Service Statistics 2024 where statistics on religion or belief by department as at 31 Marc...

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