Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 117833 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his 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 Jake Richards, 9 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...