Jas Athwal MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Department for Business and Trade: SikhsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: As of 31st May 2025, Department for Business and Trade (DBT) employs 63 civil servants who have self-declared as Sikhs. In DBT, Sikhs are recorded as a Religious Group, and not an Ethnic Group.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: SikhsAttorney GeneralTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59678More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: Statistics on religion or belief for the Attorney General’s Office, as at 31 March 2024, are published on the Civil Service Statistics 2024 (Table A3). The Cabinet Office publish the information annually.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: SikhsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59677More
Question: 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: 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.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: SikhsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: Home Office workforce Diversity data is published annually: Home Office workforce diversity statistics - GOV.UK.Home Office reporting captures Sikh as a religion in line with Cabinet Office guidance.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: SikhsTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59675More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: HM Treasury employs 14 Sikh staff (0.7% of the department), and this is recorded under religion in line with the Government Statistical Service (GSS) guidance.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: SikhsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: The Department invites employees to self-declare their diversity using pre-defined criteria including ‘prefer not to say’.Of employees who completed their data as of 31 May 2025, there are currently 39 individuals who have recorded their religion as Sikh.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SikhsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59673More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: Departments should be recording Sikh or Sikhism, as a religion or belief and not as an ethnicity.Departments are advised to refer to Civil Service Statistics 2024 Table A3 where statistics on religion or belief by department as at 31 March 2024 are publis...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answer: In line with Office for National Statistics’ guidelines for collecting data on ethnic group, religion, and nationality, the Department records Sikhs as a religious group.Employees of the Department are asked to self-declare diversity data, including on th...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: PovertyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of new research by Trussell which found that the impact of (a) hunger and (b) hardship drives an additional £6.3 billion i
Answer: The Government welcomes the Trussell report on the cost of hunger and hardship and recognises that poverty is a wider determinant of health. Under the Health Mission, the Government is committed to supporting people to stay healthier for longer, reducing ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: SugarDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's report entitled Commercial infant and baby food and drink: evidence review, published in June 2019, what steps he is taking to help tackle commercial baby
Answer: Children’s early years provide an important foundation for their future health and strongly influence many aspects of wellbeing in later life.A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and ar...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle racial inequalities in access to healthcare.
Answer: We have set a Health Mission with the aim of tackling the social determinants of health, focusing on prevention, and ensuring that everyone lives longer, healthier lives. The Government recognises that racial health inequalities are linked to broader soci...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: DiscriminationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help reduce misogynistic content online.
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires in-scope services to proactively tackle the most harmful illegal content, including illegal misogyny.Where this type of abuse is not illegal, services likely to be accessed by children must provide safety measures to protect...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect children from (a) deception, (b) bullying, (c) abuse and (d) harmful content online.
Answer: Our priority is the implementation of the Online Safety Act so children benefit from its protections.The Act requires services to protect users from illegal content. Companies will also need to assess whether their service is likely to be accessed by chil...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to help tackle image-based abuse.
Answer: The Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade as part of the Safer Streets mission. This will require a cross-government approach, and Minister Phillips at the Home Office and I co-c...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle domestic abuse.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling domestic abuse in all its forms as part of our unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. We have already announced a series of bold measures designed to strengthen the police resp...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the effectiveness of HIV health promotion campaigns in reaching (a) under served and (b) at risk communities.
Answer: The Government is committed to ending new transmissions of HIV in England by 2030. The Department, the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, and partners are developing the new HIV Action Plan for England, which we aim to publish this year. The plan wil...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Greater LondonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve preventative HIV care in London.
Answer: The Government is committed to ending new transmissions of HIV in England by 2030. The Department, the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, and partners are developing the new HIV Action Plan for England, which we aim to publish this year. The plan wil...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in (a) Ilford South constituency and (b) London.
Answer: The information requested is published and available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp Guidance for users can be found at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) hospices and (b) charities on improving end of life care.
Answer: In early February 2025, I met with key palliative and end of life care and hospice stakeholders, including Hospice UK, Marie Curie, Sue Ryder, Together for Short Lives, MacMillian, and the Association for Palliative Medicine, where we had a productive con...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on improving accessibility on the London Underground.
Answer: Disabled people should be able to travel easily, confidently and with dignity. Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London on a variety of issues including accessibility of their network. Transport in London is devolved to...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElizabeth Line: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on improving the running of the Elizabeth line.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London (TfL) on a variety of issues. However, transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and TfL has overall responsibility for the management of the Elizabeth Line which is operated ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help meet (a) climate and (b) nature targets.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering for nature and climate. We are taking action to meet our Environment Act targets, to restore and protect our natural world, and one of the government’s five missions is to make Britain a clean energy superpower, d...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Middle Eastern and (b) Palestinian counterparts on reducing the impact of damage to (i) educational and (ii) cultural facilities in G
Answer: We are deeply alarmed by the disproportionate impact of the conflict on children in Gaza. Education is a priority sector, and we are engaging with partners to ensure children's needs are integrated into recovery planning. The destruction of cultural facil...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: Ilford SouthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of poverty among children in Ilford South constituency.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce continues its urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy and is exploring all available levers across government to deliver an enduring reduction in child poverty in this parliament, as part of a 10-year Strategy for las...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPollution Control: Greater LondonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on reducing pollution in (a) London and (b) Ilford South constituency.
Answer: Poor air quality continues to be the biggest environmental risk to human health. Responsibility for air quality is devolved in London, but we welcome the progress made in London to address air pollution and improve people’s health. Defra officials regular...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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