Written Question·Home Office·UIN 109691

Home Office: Jews and Sikhs

Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Jas Athwal

LabourIlford South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department records data on (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic or religious data.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Home Office collects ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; th...

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