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Ethnic Groups: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the style guide entitled Writing about ethnicity, updated in October 2024, for what reason the reference to communities was removed.

answeredWomen and Equalities

About this written question

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
24 Sept 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the style guide entitled Writing about ethnicity, updated in October 2024, for what reason the reference to communities was removed.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The ‘Writing about ethnicity’ style guide is kept under review, in order to ensure it aligns with government communication preferences.The guide was updated by the Office for Equality and Opportunity in October 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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