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Cabinet Office: Sikhs

Commons · Question 59673 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 Georgia Gould, 20 Jun 2025

Departments should be recording Sikh or Sikhism, as a religion or belief and not as an ethnicity.Departments are advised to refer to Civil Service Statistics 2024 Table A3 where statistics on religion or belief by department as at 31 March 2024 are publis...