A question on #DepartmentForEnvironmentFoodAndRuralAffairs #Sikhs tabled by Jas Athwal on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sikhs
Question ID: 1812420
UIN: 59683
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 5227
Asking Member display name: Jas Athwal
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Jas Athwal
Member interest: false
Question text: 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.
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Date answered: 2025-07-08
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: 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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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true