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Department for Education: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
10 Mar 2026
Answer
24 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

  2. 10 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    A review of the harmonised standard for ethnicity data collection is underway by the Government Statistical Service Harmonisation team.A public consultation between October 2025 and February 2026 sought views from a wide range of users, including governme...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Department for Education: Ethnic Groups

6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her 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.