Question follow-through · 118559
Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 gro
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 gro
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2026
Answer published
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 10 March 2026 to Question UIN 117831.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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