Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 66613 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 18 Jul 2025
DSIT collects ethnicity data through the voluntary completion of a diversity declaration by its staff. Like most public bodies, we collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for Nati...