Question follow-through · 108950
Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the consultation, Government Statistical Service Harmonisation: Assessing user needs for additional response options for the new ethnicity harmonisation standard, published on 28 Octob
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the consultation, Government Statistical Service Harmonisation: Assessing user needs for additional response options for the new ethnicity harmonisation standard, published on 28 Octob
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department notes the plan by the Office for National Statistics for an updated harmonised standard, which will be applied to our departmental statistics where applicable in due course.This is an open consultation due to close on 4 February 2026, and t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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