Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethnic GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office follows the Government Statistical Service's harmonised standard for ethnicity classification. We will not unilaterally change our data categories as it would make our data inconsistent with wider Civil Ser...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Ethnic GroupsTreasuryTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66616More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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: HM Treasury follows guidance from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Government Statistical Service (GSS) on data collection using harmonised standards to ensure comparability across government. The current ethnicity standard is based on 2011 Ce...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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. The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; th...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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: There are no plans for the Department for Transport to assess the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group as part of data collection. For analytical data collection, the Department follows Offic...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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: DSIT collects ethnicity data through the voluntary completion of a diversity declaration by its staff. Like most public bodies, we collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for Nati...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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: Defra 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 across the UK; those questions wer...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero follows established government standards and guidance when collecting data on ethnicity. At present, there are no plans to introduce specific Sikh or Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in departmenta...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 department 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. Tho...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; tho...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Ethnic GroupsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66608More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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: Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics. The Cabinet Office also uses these standards to collect diversity data.The current harmonise...
Answered 13 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternal Mortality: JewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on maternal mortality rates in Jewish women.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on maternal mortality rates in Jewish or Sikh women. Maternity data broken down by several factors including maternal age and ethnicity is published by NHS England.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternal Mortality: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on maternal mortality in Sikh women.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on maternal mortality rates in Jewish or Sikh women. Maternity data broken down by several factors including maternal age and ethnicity is published by NHS England.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on late stage cancer diagnoses, by ethnic group.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. Further information on the National Disease Registration Service is available at t...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of people with late stage cancer diagnoses broken down by religious group.
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 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the number of and (b) outcomes from type 2 diabetes among Sikh people.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring fewer lives are lost to the biggest killers, including cardiovascular disease. That is why our Health Mission sets an ambition to reduce premature death from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade.Currently...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: SikhsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the number of and (b) outcomes from cardiovascular disease among Sikh people.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring fewer lives are lost to the biggest killers, including cardiovascular disease. That is why our Health Mission sets an ambition to reduce premature death from heart disease and stroke by 25% within a decade.Currently...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMissing Persons: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under 16 are recorded as missing in (a) Birmingham and (b) the west midlands.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data centrally. Individual police forces hold information about current missing persons incidents.Annual missing people statistics, broken down to police force level, are published by the National Crime Agency’s UK Missi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the definition of child sexual exploitation that is used by (a) the police and (b) children's services.
Answer: ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ is the statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children. This guidance includes a definition of child sexual exploitation to inform the practice of all multi-agency partners, includi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of classifications that children's services use to record child sexual abuse.
Answer: The number of episodes of children in need with the ‘sexual abuse’ and ‘child sexual exploitation’ factors identified in an assessment in the year ending 31 March 2024 can be found at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permal...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReligionCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58794More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the annual population survey, what estimates he has made of the number of people who reported their religion as (a) Sikh and (b) Judaism in each of the past five years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 10th June is attached.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of people living in deprivation, by ethnic group.
Answer: Statistics on the number of individuals in material deprivation in the UK by ethnic group are published annually. The latest available data can be found on Stat-Xplore (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/) in the Households Below Average Income dataset. The l...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions for (a) infectious diseases and (b) infections among Jewish people were recorded between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.
Answer: The data is not available in the format requested as it is not collected centrally.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions for (a) infectious diseases and (b) infections among Sikh people were recorded between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.
Answer: The data is not available in the format requested as it is not collected centrally.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMortality Rates: JewsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54336More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on levels of mortality among Jewish people.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd May is attached.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMortality Rates: SikhsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54335More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on levels of mortality among Sikh people.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd May is attached.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
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