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Department of Health and Social Care: Sikhs

Asked by Jas AthwalLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 June 2025UIN 59672

The question

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.

Answered by Karin Smyth

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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