Honours

(asked on 5th January 2021) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Lord True Portrait
Lord True
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
This question was answered on 19th January 2021

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.

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