Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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 ethnic groups.

6 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, 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 ethnic gr

6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 ethnic groups.

6 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments submitted evidence to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

4 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to question 85264 answered on 5 November 2025, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the linking of Census data to hate crime data.

4 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups

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

4 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Ethnic Groups

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

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Ethnic Groups

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

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

3 Mar 2026 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups

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.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Ethnic Groups

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

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard; and what evidence it submitted, including

3 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard; and what evidence it submitted, including in

3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard; and what evidence it s

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

3 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics sought input from Government departments as part of its review of harmonised standards on ethnicity classification.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender: Databases

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has a timetable to implement the Sullivan Review’s recommendation that biological sex is collected as a distinct data variable in all Government statistical outputs.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender: Census and Surveys

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the ONS will ensure that the design of questions in major surveys and censuses, including ONS surveys, departmental surveys and Census outputs, conform with the Sullivan Review recommendation that “sex shoul

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender: Databases

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that administrative datasets, including health, justice, education and crime datasets, will collect data on biological sex.

25 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender: Databases

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Sullivan Review’s recommendation that data on biological sex should be collected as the default and distinct from gender identity, what formal guidance and harmonised data standards the UK Statis

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Identity Development Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendation in the Cass Review to undertake a comprehensive tracing and long-term follow-up study of the approximately 9,000 children and you

Source: official written-questions record.