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- Around 2000 honours are awarded each year and are published in an Honours List on the monarch’s official birthday in June and on New Year’s Day.
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- How The Honours System Works
- The Integrity of The Honours System
- Merit Checks
- Probity and Propriety Checks
- Forfeiture
- Handling of Honours Information
- Freedom of Information
The honours system covers the whole of the UK and all honours are approved by HM Queen. Anyone can nominate anyone else for an honour. Find out how to nominate someone for an honour or award. The Honours and Appointments Secretariat in the Cabinet Office coordinates the operation of the honours system and processes all public nominations. It provid...
Honours are given to reward outstanding service and achievement in a given field or area. As part of the nomination process, we try to minimise the risk that prospective candidates have behaved in ways likely to bring the system into disrepute.
Once an honours nomination is submitted to the Honours and Appointments Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, a process of validation is carried out to assess the strength and credibility of the case. Each nomination is handled differently, depending on what the person has been doing. Typically, views will be sought from organisations like: 1. governm...
We protect the integrity of the honours system by carrying out probity checks with a number of government departments before names are submitted to the Prime Minister and HM the Queen for approval. As part of this vetting process, HM Revenue and Customs may advise the Honours and Appointments Secretariat about any potential risk posed to HM Governm...
An honour can be revoked if it is determined that an individual has behaved in a way that brings the honours system into disrepute. Recommendations to forfeit are made by the Forfeiture Committee to the Prime Minister, and then to HM Queen for a decision. The Forfeiture Committee has a majority of independent members and is chaired by Sir Chris Wor...
All information about an honours nominee, received from any source, is treated in the strictest confidence by the Honours and Appointments Secretariat and others involved in the assessment and selection of honours nominees. All checks and exchanges of information are carried out in compliance with data protection laws. Information is shared only as...
Information about how to make a Freedom of Information Act request can be found on the Cabinet Office GOV.UK page. When the Cabinet Office receives questions about the honours system, it considers whether it holds the information requested. If it does, it applies a public interest test (under section 37(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act) to d...
May 25, 2023 · A review of the use of the Companion of Honour and the Grand Cross awards to clarify the current criteria, while also considering how frequently it is awarded.
- For centuries, our honours system has been a way of recognising people who make an extraordinary contribution to British life. Some have displayed...
- During the reporting period, the honours system has sought to continue to consolidate and improve its work to improve integrity and fairness in, an...
- Each Prime Minister is asked to set the direction for the honours system as a whole. Rt Hon Theresa May MP’s priorities were in use for the New Yea...
- We have taken a number of steps over the past few years to increase both the number and diversity of nominations received, reflecting the broader f...
- The COVID-19 nomination form and process was introduced in May 2020 and ran for two years, ending with the closure of the form in May 2022. The pur...
- The Prime Minister is able to make direct recommendations to the Sovereign outside the independent honours committee process and the two regular ho...
- Public NominationsWe launched the online nomination form for public use in 2017. It was introduced to provide easy access to the honours system, in...
- The Death of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIFollowing the death of Her late Majesty The Queen in September 2022, it was important to clarify th...
- On Friday 27 December 2019 at 22:30, the Cabinet Office published the New Year Honours List 2020 on GOV.UK. As part of this publication, a version...
All awards bestowed as part of the Order are given at the discretion of the Sovereign and not on the advice of the Prime Minister. Appointments to the Order can be seen in a section of the New...
Sep 24, 2024 · Most honours are awarded at new year and on the monarch's official birthday, in June. The King's Birthday Honours list in 2024 included: a knighthood for Alan Bates, the former sub-postmaster...
Once an individual accepts an honour and it has been announced in The London Gazette and published GOV.UK/Honours, they will be invited to an Investiture by the Central Chancery of the Orders...
Dec 28, 2023 · Honours are awarded by the King but most are given on recommendations from the prime minister or outgoing prime ministers, particularly political honours. The forthcoming list is one of two published during the year, with the other usually issued to coincide with the King's official birthday in June.
