Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to announce the revised formula for allocating the growth and skills levy (formerly the apprenticeship levy), including (1) the total for each year of the spending review period, and (2) the amount to be held back by the Treasury.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
This government is transforming the apprenticeships offer into a new growth and skills offer, which will offer greater flexibility to employers and learners, and support the industrial strategy.
The growth and skills offer is vital in delivering the government’s Plan for Change and achieving its missions of driving growth and breaking down barriers to opportunity. The department will work through all of its budgets at departmental business planning and set out more detail on the approach to the growth and skills offer in due course.
His Majesty’s Treasury are responsible for the operation of the UK wide apprenticeships levy and for allocating funding to England and the devolved administrations through Spending Review settlements.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to paragraph 4.36 of the Spending Review 2025 (CP 1336), what proportion of the additional £1.2 billion allocated per year by 2028–29 for skills will be (1) part of the growth and skills levy, and (2) drawn down from the skills surcharge levied on employers for bringing in overseas staff.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
The skills system is central to achieving economic growth and breaking down barriers to opportunity. The government is providing £1.2 billion of additional investment per year by 2028/29.
As set out in the Immigration White Paper, the government will increase the Immigration Skills Charge for the first time since its introduction, by 32% to bring the rates in line with inflation.
Further details on how skills funding will be allocated in future years will be set out in due course.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the recipients of Birthday Honours List 2025 have been recognised in previous honours lists.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the Sheffield City Region at the time of their nomination for an honour in the Birthday Honours List 2025.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours, by each award level, were awarded in each region or nation of the UK in the Birthday Honours List 2025; and what percentage of the population of each such region or nation that number represents.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the South Yorkshire area at the time of their nomination for an honour in the Birthday Honours List 2025.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the combined mayoral authority of South Yorkshire, how many residents received an award above the level of MBE in the Birthday Honours List 2025.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the geographical locations where living recipients of Companions of Honour reside, where known.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are currently 65 living recipients of the Companion of Honour. Data is collected using the region that the recipient gave as their correspondence address when the honour was originally awarded, therefore current address data for recipients prior to the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 round is not held. In the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 list, there were 2 Companions of Honour awarded; one to a recipient in the London region, and one in Bradford-on-Avon.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels for the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point. Data for CBE and higher levels has been aggregated and is also included below. Data reflects the correspondence address provided by recipients.
Data is collected using city/town and county, then aggregated into regional figures at the time that the recipients were sounded for an award, not when they were originally nominated. There were 20 individuals who noted their location as South Yorkshire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 List, 3 of which were above OBE level. There were 13 individuals who noted their location as Sheffield, 2 of which were above OBE level.
Information on the number of nominations by mayoral authority in South Yorkshire is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. However, of those who listed their location as South Yorkshire, 6 individuals received an award above MBE level.
44 recipients of honours in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 have received honours in previous lists.
This data relates only to the main Prime Minister’s List and does not include data from the Defence List or the Overseas and International List, which are not administered by the Cabinet Office.
Transparency data for the list by county, the level of award received and the service for which each recipient has been recognised, as well as information on recipients recognised in previous honours lists, is publicly available on gov.uk.
Honours are awarded on merit basis. A key aim of the honours system is to ensure that it is more representative of the country as a whole and we will continue to encourage more nominations from every corner of the UK, including South Yorkshire, in future honours lists.
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | % of the total BD25 list living in each region | % of UK population |
East | 29 | 8.6% | 29 | 5.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 91 | 7.5% | 9.5% |
East Midlands | 19 | 5.6% | 28 | 5.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 57 | 4.7% | 7.3% |
London | 37 | 10.9% | 84 | 17.0% | 60 | 24.6% | 55 | 39.3% | 236 | 19.4% | 13.0% |
North East | 9 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 7 | 5.0% | 44 | 3.6% | 4.0% |
North West | 31 | 9.2% | 47 | 9.5% | 16 | 6.6% | 9 | 6.4% | 103 | 8.5% | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 26 | 7.7% | 31 | 6.3% | 6 | 2.5% | 2 | 1.4% | 65 | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Scotland | 41 | 12.1% | 44 | 8.9% | 23 | 9.4% | 6 | 4.3% | 114 | 9.4% | 8.0% |
South East | 53 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.2% | 41 | 16.8% | 21 | 15.0% | 185 | 15.2% | 14.0% |
South West | 24 | 7.1% | 36 | 7.3% | 21 | 8.6% | 12 | 8.6% | 93 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
Wales | 25 | 7.4% | 27 | 5.5% | 10 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 5.3% | 4.6% |
West Midlands | 26 | 7.7% | 32 | 6.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 72 | 5.9% | 8.9% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 18 | 5.3% | 47 | 9.5% | 13 | 5.3% | 9 | 6.4% | 87 | 7.2% | 8.2% |
Living abroad | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.3% | - |
Total | 338 | 100% | 493 | 100% | 244 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 1215 | 100% | - |
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was raised by the skills levy on employers recruiting from overseas in the financial year 2024–25; and what allocation was made from this money to (1) apprenticeships, (2) further education, and (3) other areas.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
The department does not receive a hypothecated budget for the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC). Receipts from the ISC are paid to His Majesty’s Exchequer. The amount raised each year can be found in the Home Office's annual report and accounts.
The government will increase the ISC for the first time since its introduction, raising it by 32% to bring the ISC rates in line with inflation and will use income generated from the increased ISC, as set out in the Immigration White Paper, to support upskilling of the domestic workforce, including in priority sectors, reducing reliance on overseas labour.
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many contracts, and at what financial value, they granted to WPI Strategy (1) between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024, and (2) between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Cabinet Office has not awarded any contracts to WPI Strategy. Central Government departments are responsible for their own procurement and contract awards within their departments. Details of central government contracts above £12,000 and public sector contracts above £30,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023, which came into force on 24 February 2025, are published on the Central Digital Platform Find a Tender service. This includes the names of winning suppliers.