Question follow-through · 66611
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero follows established government standards and guidance when collecting data on ethnicity. At present, there are no plans to introduce specific Sikh or Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in departmenta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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