Written questions

Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups

Commons · Question 117378 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 6 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 6 Mar 2026

The Department for Transport was invited by the Office for National Statistics, via the Government Statistical Service harmonisation champions network, to respond to a consultation regarding possible changes to the standard for ethnicity categories.