Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 117378
Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 6 March 2026
Question
Preet Kaur Gill
Labour (Co-op) — Birmingham Edgbaston
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Department for Transport was invited by the Office for National Statistics, via the Government Statistical Service harmonisation champions network, to respond to a consultation regarding possible changes to the standard for ethnicity categories.