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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sikhs

Commons · Question 59677 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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 Catherine West, 19 Jun 2025

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff can share if they are Sikh via the religion category on our people management system. 0.8 per cent of UK Based Staff have shared that they are Sikh.