Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 25 June 2026.
Harpreet Uppal
Labour, Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department identifies employment, earnings and occupational outcomes for Sikhs as a distinct group.
Diana R. Johnson
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The Department has not identified employment, earnings or occupational outcomes for Sikhs as a distinct group.
A range of information on Universal Credit claimants, including claimant characteristics, is published as part of the Department’s official statistics. The latest release is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-quarterly-statistics-29-april-2013-to-12-february-2026. Additional data can be accessed through the Department’s Stat-Xplore service, which allows users to explore benefit statistics by a variety of claimant characteristics where held: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
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