Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117373
Department of Health and Social Care: Ethnic Groups
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Preet Kaur Gill
Labour (Co-op) — Birmingham Edgbaston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard; and what evidence it submitted, including
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department was invited by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to provide evidence. The Department has not responded, deferring to NHS England, who are leading work on the Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics (UIPSC). The UISP...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 117373) →