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...