Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 118554

Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups

Tabled: 6 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as ethnic groups.

Answer

Luke Pollard
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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