PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 June 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Asked by:
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Asked by:
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Answer
In line with Office for National Statistics’ guidelines for collecting data on ethnic group, religion, and nationality, the Department records Sikhs as a religious group.
Employees of the Department are asked to self-declare diversity data, including on their religious group. Of these, 40 have declared as Sikh.
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