Honours
(asked on 29th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Orders of Merit or Companions of Honour have been awarded in the last 25 years to those resident at the time in (1) London, and (2) Yorkshire.
This question was answered on 12th February 2020
Honours are bestowed on merit. However a key aim of the honours system is to make it more equitable and better representative of the whole of the UK.
In the last 25 years there have been 84 recipients of the Companion of Honour. We do not collect the information requested, nor do we collect information on recipients of Order of Merit, as this is within the personal gift of The Sovereign.