Question follow-through · 53612

Minority Groups: Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median hourly pay of people of Pakistani heritage was in each of the last five years.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
29 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median hourly pay of people of Pakistani heritage was in each of the last five years.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 May 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 20th May is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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