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 2023 list.
Statistical information held in relation to the regional breakdown of recipients at all levels on The King’s Birthday Honours List 2023 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 county data and aggregated into regional figures. Information on the number of nominations by mayoral region, including for both South Yorkshire and Sheffield is not captured, as we are unable to break down the data in that way. Transparency data for the list by county is available on gov.uk.
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 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 in future honours lists.
Regional breakdown - King’s Birthday Honours List 2023
Region | BEM | BEM% | MBE | MBE% | OBE | OBE% | CBE & Higher | CBE & higher% | Total | Population % |
East | 30 | 2.7% | 28 | 2.5% | 17 | 1.5% | 13 | 1.1% | 88 | 9.3% |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 26 | 2.3% | 25 | 2.2% | 17 | 1.5% | 4 | 0.3% | 72 | 8.2% |
London | 40 | 3.5% | 101 | 9% | 58 | 5.2% | 46 | 4.1% | 245 | 13.4% |
North East | 9 | 0.8% | 14 | 1.2% | 1 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.2% | 27 | 4.0% |
North West | 29 | 2.6% | 43 | 4% | 17 | 1.5% | 3 | 0.2% | 92 | 11.0% |
Northern Ireland | 31 | 2.8% | 30 | 2.7% | 7 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.3% | 72 | 2.8% |
Scotland | 26 | 2.3% | 39 | 3.5% | 17 | 1.5% | 12 | 1% | 94 | 8.2% |
South East | 50 | 4.5% | 68 | 6% | 51 | 4.5% | 17 | 1.5% | 186 | 13.7% |
South West | 24 | 2.1% | 40 | 3.6% | 10 | 0.9% | 13 | 1.1% | 87 | 8.4% |
Wales | 9 | 0.8% | 20 | 1.8% | 11 | 1% | 3 | 0.2% | 43 | 4.7% |
West Midlands | 24 | 2.1% | 27 | 2.4% | 11 | 1% | 9 | 0.8% | 71 | 8.9% |
East Midlands | 15 | 1.3% | 15 | 1.3% | 10 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.2% | 43 | 7.2% |
Living abroad | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.08% | - | - | 1 | - |
Total | 332 |
| 471 |
| 236 |
| 132 |
| 1,121 |
|