Question follow-through · 59680
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Sikhs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The number of DCMS Civil Servants who are recorded as Sikh is below 5.In line with Civil Service Statistics guidance, DCMS records Sikh under the classification of Religion.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sports: Public Participation
11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing to help increase levels of participation in grassroots sport.