Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 118546 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as ethnic gr
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 13 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...