Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ethnic Groups

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.

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1. 10 July 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.

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2. 18 July 2025

   Answer

   DSIT collects ethnicity data through the voluntary completion of a diversity declaration by its staff. Like most public bodies, we collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the independent Office for Nati...

   Source: Written answer

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