Written questions

Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

Commons · Question 107740 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the ethnic pay gap reporting framework will require employers to record and report pay gap data for Jewish and Sikh employees as distinct ethnic groups.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 29 Jan 2026

Our consultation on ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting closed in June 2025. The consultation sought views on the proposed approach, including whether ethnicity data should be collected following the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Ethnicity H...