Written questions

Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups

Commons · Question 117370 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 11 Mar 2026

A review of the harmonised standard for ethnicity data collection is underway by the Government Statistical Service Harmonisation team. A public consultation between October 2025 and February 2026 sought views from a wide range of users, including Governm...