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Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups

Commons · Question 66620 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 18 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Al Carns, 18 Jul 2025

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) adheres to the guidance provided by Civil Service Statistics which records Sikh and Jewish under the classification of religion. The MOD’s Biannual Diversity statistics are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/...