Rejected petition I want to change how the UK record ethnicity on forms so no1 has to tick "other"

I am a british citizen since birth and 50% Yemeni, 25% Jamaican and 25% English.
Most of my childhood I struggled with my identity not knowing my background and 'what i was'.
Completing forms I've felt like an alien having to tick "any other mixed background".
I want to change this for everyone

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I want there to be an option to obtain a unique code to ethnicity on the gov website.
The majority of people who are mixed race are asked the "what are you" question in everyday life and i have never replied Im an other
The system will have a code for each ethnicity so you can tick what you are and it generates a code.
The old way in collecting ethnicity wouldn't change, but instead of there being OTHER (alien) boxes it will say at the end "if you know your ethnicity code please enter it here".

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for how independent organisations request or record information on ethnicity.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 13 July 2020
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