Honours
(asked on 27th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 January (HL106), how many people received a CBE or higher honour in the New Year Honours List 2020 in each of (1) the regions in England, and (2) the nations of the UK.
Significant progress has been made in recent years to improve diversity in the honours system. For example, we now consistently see around half of awards overall going to women, and in the New Year 2020 Honours List, 44% of senior honours went to women. Around 10% of awards go to recipients from a BAME background. We welcome more nominations from under-represented regions and we are running a programme of regional events to promote the system in those areas most under-represented.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at CBE level or higher on the New Year Honours List 2020 can be found below. Data is collected using county and aggregated into regional figures.
REGION | NUMBER OF NY20 RECIPIENTS AT CBE AND ABOVE | PERCENTAGE OF NY20 RECIPIENTS AT CBE AND ABOVE | PERCENTAGE OF UK POPULATION |
EAST | 8 | 5.2% | 9.3% |
EAST MIDLANDS | 3 | 1.9% | 7.2% |
LONDON | 74 | 47.4% | 12.9% |
NORTH EAST | 2 | 1.3% | 4.1% |
NORTHERN IRELAND | 4 | 2.6% | 2.9% |
NORTH WEST | 9 | 5.8% | 11.2% |
SCOTLAND | 7 | 4.5% | 8.4% |
SOUTH EAST | 32 | 20.5% | 13.7% |
SOUTH WEST | 3 | 1.9% | 8.4% |
WALES | 1 | 0.6% | 4.8% |
WEST MIDLANDS | 7 | 4.5% | 8.9% |
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE | 5 | 3.2% | 8.4% |