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1563359

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has sought legal advice on whether (a) public bodies and (b) decision makers fail in their equality duty if they are unable to establish the number of people who they employ or to whom they provide a service that have a Sikh ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	114758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The specific duties of the public sector equality duty apply to most public bodies in England, such as local authorities and schools; most public authorities operating across Great Britain, such as Government departments (except on devolved functions); and a small number of public bodies operating across one of the borders inside Great Britain. These duties also apply to decision-makers who are not public authorities but exercise public functions. Public bodies subject to the specific duties must publish information to show their compliance with the public sector equality duty. The information must include:</p><ul><li>information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies and practices, such as service users, and who share protected characteristics;</li><li>and for public bodies with 150 or more employees, information relating to those of the public body’s employees who share protected characteristics.</li></ul><p>The specific duties are intended to enable better performance of the public sector equality duty, but there is no requirement to hold or publish information to any particular level of detail. Similarly, there is no prescribed format. It is up to each public body to decide for itself what information it publishes. This will vary greatly depending on the size of the body, the range of functions it performs, and the extent to which those functions could affect equality.</p><p>However, public bodies and decision-makers who think that their decisions may affect discrimination, harassment, or victimisation of Sikhs, affect equality of opportunity between Sikhs and people of different ethnicity, or affect Sikhs’ relations with people of different ethnicity, should ensure that their compliance with the duty includes considerations of Sikh ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 17:48:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563360

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's website entitled Ethnicity Facts and Figures, how many and what proportion of the datasets which appear on that site contain data which can be disaggregated in such a way as to provide specific information on the number of Sikhs in each category, in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	114759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics’ latest Equalities Data Audit (Nov 2022), 22 of the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures collect religion data as well as ethnicity. This is 29% of all the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures. There are 73 datasets (pages) in Ethnicity facts and figures that use data from these sources; this is 39% of all datasets. Sample sizes for each source vary so it may not always be possible to provide reliable estimates when disaggregating data by both ethnic group and religion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2023 17:03:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1142333

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish all (a) research and (b) reports his Department has commissioned and requested on (i) the Sikh community and (ii) Sikh groups and organisations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	282574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not produced any specific research or reports on the Sikh community, including Sikh groups and organisations, in any of the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 15:27:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1142335

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) research and (b) reports that her Department has commissioned and requested on (i) the Sikh community and (ii) Sikh groups and organisations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	282575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/09/2019 16:28:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1145849

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) research and (b) reports that her Department has commissioned and requested on (i) the Sikh community and (ii) Sikh groups and organisations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	291051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Counter-Extremism Strategy published in 2015 covers all forms of extremism and a key part of that strategy is about building our understanding wider extremism issues, including those affecting the Sikh community.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-extremism-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-extremism-strategy</a>.</p><p>Such research cannot routinely be published for security reasons and to ensure we can continue effectively to tackle these forms of extremism.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/10/2019 16:12:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1045872

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include Sikhs in the next Race Disparity Audit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	211322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit is an ongoing and permanent programme of work.</p><p> </p><p>The data collated by the Audit from Government Departments and published on the <em>Ethnicity Facts and Figures</em> website, is on the basis of ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>In data currently collected by Government departments the ‘Sikh’ category is listed under the ‘religion’ classification. The Sikh category is not currently classified in the data as an ethnic group.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 30/01/2019 12:59:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1046950

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Sikhs in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	211867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/01/2019 16:18:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name Combined PQ211865, 211866, 211867,211868_ (1).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1546462

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the data by the Office for National Statistics entitled Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021, published on 29 November 2022, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of people who identify as Sikh by (a) ethnicity and (b) religion.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	98820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Questions: PQ98820 and PQ98821 are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 98821 question first answered 06/12/2022 11:44:00 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ98820_PQ98821 (1).pdf title Sikh statistics
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1546464

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the data by the Office for National Statistics entitled Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021, published on 29 November 2022, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the estimate of the number of people who are of Sikh ethnicity, in the context of there not being an option to choose Sikh ethnicity on the 2021 census form.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	98821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Questions: PQ98820 and PQ98821 are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 98820 question first answered 06/12/2022 11:44:00 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ98820_PQ98821 (1).pdf title Sikh statistics
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563469

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Sikh Names Research Report published by the Office for National Statistics as part of its December 2018 update on research and testing of 2021 Census questions and topics, whether he plans to hold discussions with the National Statistician on the potential merits of conducting a further research exercise using names to produce an estimate of the number of people identifying as Sikh who may not have been recorded as Sikhs in the 2021 census because they (a) did not answer the optional religion question or (b) stated in answer to that question that they had no religion.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	114792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 20 December is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 12/01/2023 16:42:55 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ114792 (1).pdf title UKSA Response to 114792
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill