Question follow-through · 59677
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sikhs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Sikhs are employed in his 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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19 Jun 2025
Answer published
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff can share if they are Sikh via the religion category on our people management system. 0.8 per cent of UK Based Staff have shared that they are Sikh.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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