Jews and Sikhs: Statistics

Summary

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to change its policy that recommends excluding Jews and Sikhs from data collected on ethnicity in its ethnicity harmonised standard.

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1. 22 July 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ask the Office for National Statistics to change its policy that recommends excluding Jews and Sikhs from data collected on ethnicity in its ethnicity harmonised standard.

   Source: Commons

2. 2 September 2025

   Answer

   Public bodies usually collect ethnicity data in line with the ethnicity harmonised standard, which is developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The current harmonised standard is based on the 2011 Census questions used across the UK; those que...

   Source: Written answer

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