Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 117831

Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

Answer

Andrew Western
A review of the harmonised standard for ethnicity data collection is underway by the Government Statistical Service Harmonisation team. A public consultation between October 2025 and February 2026 sought views from a wide range of users, including Governm...

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