Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nominations for honours were (1) received, and (2) awarded, broken down by region or nation in the UK.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels on the New Year Honours List 2021 can be found below. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal point.
Data is collected using the county the recipient gives as their correspondence address (usually their home address rather than their places of origin) and is aggregated into regional figures. 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.
Honours are awarded on the basis of merit. We are working to improve regional representation in the honours lists, including running events across the UK to raise awareness. A complete record of all nominations received is not held by the Cabinet Office.
NY21 Regional data
REGION | Total number of recipients from region | % of NY21 list living in region | % of UK population living in region |
EAST | 121 | 9.8% | 9.3% |
EAST MIDLANDS | 50 | 4% | 7.2% |
LONDON | 230 | 18.7% | 13.4% |
NORTH EAST | 32 | 2.6% | 4.0% |
NORTHERN IRELAND | 81 | 6.6% | 2.8% |
NORTH WEST | 99 | 8% | 11.0% |
SCOTLAND | 109 | 8.8% | 8.2% |
SOUTH EAST | 180 | 14.5% | 13.7% |
SOUTH WEST | 90 | 7.3% | 8.4% |
WALES | 61 | 4.9% | 4.7% |
WEST MIDLANDS | 90 | 7.3% | 8.9% |
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER | 90 | 7.3% | 8.2% |
CHANNEL ISLANDS / ABROAD | 6 | 0.5% | n/a |
The Government does not collate data against such political administrative areas and cannot provide information regarding honours awarded in the Sheffield city region. However, the Government publishes transparency data, broken down by both town/city and county. This can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-year-honours-list-2021-cabinet-office.