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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sikhs

Asked by Jas AthwalLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 59683

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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 Daniel Zeichner

In Core Defra, as of 30 April 2025, there were 37 employees recording a religious belief of Sikh. 36 of these employees declare to be of an ethnic minority.

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