Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Sikhs
(asked on 12th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
Answered by
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 20th June 2025
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero currently has 34 employees who have declared their religion as Sikh.
In the HR system religions such as Sikh, are recorded under ‘religion belief’ and not ethnicity.