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UIN 6582

Sikhs

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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3 June 2026

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12 June 2026 · Answer

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12 June 2026

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has her Department made of the implications for her policies of Sikhs not being recognised as a distinct ethnic group within official ethnicity classifications.

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  1. 3 June 2026

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has her Department made of the implications for her policies of Sikhs not being recognised as a distinct ethnic group within official ethnicity classifications.

    Source: Commons

  2. 12 June 2026

    Answer

    The GSS ethnicity harmonised standard helps to make statistics and data more comparable, consistent and coherent. MHCLG collects data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for National Statistics. I r...

    Source: Written answer

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