Question follow-through · 59674
Department for Transport: Sikhs
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2025
Answer published
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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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