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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ethnic Groups

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 16 March 2026UIN 118552

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as

Answered by Michael Shanks

I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question 117376. The ONS report on the consultation in late summer 2026 will include more detailed information on the departments that responded to the consultation.

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