Question follow-through · 66620
Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups · 3 Mar 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups · 6 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Ministry of Defence (MOD) adheres to the guidance provided by Civil Service Statistics which records Sikh and Jewish under the classification of religion. The MOD’s Biannual Diversity statistics are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.
Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as ethnic groups.