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Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 6 March 2026UIN 117378

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport was invited by the Office for National Statistics, via the Government Statistical Service harmonisation champions network, to respond to a consultation regarding possible changes to the standard for ethnicity categories.

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