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Lords · Question HL14511 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 24 Feb 2026

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Asked by Baroness Whitaker

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 3 February (HL14086), what plans they have, if any, to use the ethnicity harmonised standards in published statistics; why the Offender Management Statistics use the 6+1 ide

Answer

Answered by Lord Timpson, 24 Feb 2026

In accordance with the principles embodied in the Code of Practice for Statistics; Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, we keep statistics for publication under continuous review. Uniform standards across Government are applied wherever appropriate, includ...