Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Jews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69933More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to change its policy that recommends excluding Jews and Sikhs from data collected on ethnicity in its ethnicity harmonised standard.
Answer: 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...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69932More
Question: 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: 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...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69895More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Office for National Statistics not requiring public bodies to collect data on ethnicity for (a) Jews and (b) Sikhs.
Answer: 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...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJews and Sikhs: StatisticsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69894More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to update the ethnicity harmonised standard to include a tick box option for (a) Jews and (b) Sikhs.
Answer: 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...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Jews and SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data (a) his Department and (b) NHS England hold on the number of (i) Sikh and (ii) Jewish people with late stage cancer diagnoses.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The religion of patients is not collected or stored by the NDRS. Further in...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are enrolled on Pension Credit, by (a) religion and (b) ethnic group.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of November 2024, there were 1,391,728 pensioner households in receipt of Pension Credit. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. This can be broken down into constituency and local authority level as well as by...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Greater Birmingham and Solihull: Growth Deal, published on 7 July 2014, how much funding was (a) allocated and (b) provided for the Hagley Road SPRINT project.
Answer: Hagley Road Sprint was included in West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) £1.05bn City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) programme for the years 2022/23 to 2026/27. CRSTS is a devolved funding programme and it is for local leaders to deci...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency were enrolled on Pension Credit in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date.
Answer: As of November 2023, 2,586 pensioner households were in receipt of Pension Credit in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.The latest Pension Credit statistics were published in May 2025 and cover the period up to November 2024. These show that as of November...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (ii) Birmingham and (iii) the West Midlands between May 2010 and June 2024.
Answer: The tables in the document attached show the number of general practices (GPs) which have opened and closed between January 2014 and May 2025 in the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, in Birmingham, and in the West Midlands, as this is the furthest the da...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent NHS dentists were employed in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2024.
Answer: The following table shows how many full time equivalent (FTE) National Health Service dentists were employed in 2024 within the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), which includes the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, as well as regional ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding Programme: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency will receive funding from the school rebuilding programme.
Answer: The government has given a long-term commitment for funding through to 2034/35 to improve the condition of schools and colleges across England.The department is investing almost £20 billion in the School Rebuilding Programme through to 2034/35, delivering...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: West MidlandsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of children who will be eligible for Free School Meals under the plans to expand eligibility in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Mi
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This will l...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking Hubs: Birmingham EdgbastonTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68821More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress she has made with the banking industry on the roll out of banking hubs in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets in Birmingham Edgbaston, and across the country. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of safeguards protecting residents of retirement homes from additional paid-for services from independent living providers.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that leaseholders, including those living in retirement homes, are protected from unfair and unreasonable practices.There are currently two government-approved codes of practice in force in relation to the residenti...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of (a) referrals and (b) complaints to social care services received by councils from (i) retirement residential home and (ii) independent living providers.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. By law, all health and social care services must have a procedure for dealing efficiently with complaints, and anyone who has seen or experienced poor-quality care has the right to complain to the organisatio...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSikh GuardHome OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crime reports were made to the police by the Sikh Guard in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes official statistics on the number of religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales by the targeted religion of the victim. The Home Office does not hold data on who reported these crimes to the police.The late...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: Ethnic GroupsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the number of people living in deprivation by ethnic group.
Answer: We do not hold or collect data specifically on people belonging to an ethnic minority who live in deprivation. The indices of deprivation (2019) are publicly available and show patterns of deprivation across England and Wales. These data could be cross-ch...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Ethnic GroupsWales OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by her Department.
Answer: My Department is not an employer in its own right and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf, including setting ethnicity data categories for collection.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Ethnic GroupsScotland OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
Answer: The Scotland Office does not hold information in relation to the ethnicity of staff.All staff that join the Scotland Office, do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other Government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Gove...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Ethnic GroupsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics. The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used acr...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ethnic GroupsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by her Dep
Answer: MHCLG do collect data on religion and/or belief. This includes Jewish and Sikh options. This data is collected separate to ethnic group dataWe collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Off...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Ethnic GroupsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by her Department.
Answer: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS).The Ministry of Justice collects ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised s...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Ethnic GroupsMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) adheres to the guidance provided by Civil Service Statistics which records Sikh and Jewish under the classification of religion. The MOD’s Biannual Diversity statistics are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Ethnic GroupsHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by her Department.
Answer: The Home Office collects ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics.The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those qu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
Answer: The merits of including Jewish or Sikh as an option when recording ethnicity in National Health Service data, and other issues relating to how the NHS records information on protected characteristics, are being considered by the Unified Information Standa...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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