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Department of Health and Social Care: Sikhs

Commons · Question 59672 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Jun 2025

In line with Office for National Statistics’ guidelines for collecting data on ethnic group, religion, and nationality, the Department records Sikhs as a religious group.Employees of the Department are asked to self-declare diversity data, including on th...