Question follow-through · 59676

Home Office: Sikhs

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.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 12 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jun 2025
Answer: 19 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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