Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 69932

Jews and Sikhs: Statistics

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make representations to the ONS on including (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews in their advice to public bodies on using ethnicity categories.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...

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