Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 59677

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sikhs

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Jas Athwal

LabourIlford South

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

Answer

Catherine West
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff can share if they are Sikh via the religion category on our people management system. 0.8 per cent of UK Based Staff have shared that they are Sikh.