Question follow-through · 9424

Government Departments: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many Government departments have made representations on the absence of Sikh ethnicity data in policy development and service delivery.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
12 Jun 2026
Target answer date
16 Jun 2026
Answer
24 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many Government departments have made representations on the absence of Sikh ethnicity data in policy development and service delivery.

  2. 16 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    This Government recognises the valuable contribution that Sikh communities make to this country and is committed to bringing down barriers to opportunity for all.The Government Statistical Service (GSS) ethnicity harmonised standard helps to make statisti...

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