Department for Transport: Sikhs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Sikhs are employed in her Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answered by Mike Kane
The Department invites employees to self-declare their diversity using pre-defined criteria including ‘prefer not to say’.
Of employees who completed their data as of 31 May 2025, there are currently 39 individuals who have recorded their religion as Sikh.
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