Submitted on Saturday 20th February 2021
Rejected on Monday 15th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
To formally recognise Latin Americans as an ethnic group in the UK
To formally recognise Latin Americans as an ethnic group in the UK and to add this group as an option to official forms.
Currently we can only be classified under the ‘other’ ethnicity option.
There are approximately 250,000 Latin Americans living in the UK.
In London we are the eighth largest ethnic group.
This category needs to be included to assist in ethnic monitoring and provide a true estimate as to how many Latin Americans reside in the UK and access services.
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/15/low-gp-access-rates-among-latin-americans-in-uk-raise-vaccine-concerns?fbclid=IwAR2ECVqj-j1Y5oOEZL6SZhqe1M9L3nxBKNR2QU8fEHStGMne2CZWFsAGF0U
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about how Latin Americans are recorded, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There is not a formal process for the Government to recognise particular ethnicities.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Include Latinx/Hispanic as an ethnic group in the 2021 census: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557528
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to add Latin Americans to the list of ethnic groups it recommends are used for use by the government when asking for someone’s ethnicity, if that's something you would like to happen.
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