Northern Ireland Office: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 118555 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 grou
Answer
Answered by Hilary Benn, 17 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...