Department for Education: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 118548 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her 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 groups.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 24 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 governme...