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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sikhs

Asked by Jas AthwalLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 19 June 2025UIN 59677

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.

Answered by Catherine West

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff can share if they are Sikh via the religion category on our people management system. 0.8 per cent of UK Based Staff have shared that they are Sikh.

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