Title: Honours and Appointments Secretariat
1Honours and Appointments Secretariat
A MATTER OF HONOUR
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4Heres the real scandal!
List NY2012 List BD2012 List NY2013 Pop
North East 3.1 2.8 3.4 4.3
North West 10.9 9.8 8.2 11.4
Yorks Humberside 4.6 4.2 6.9 8.4
East Midlands 5.2 5.2 4.7 7.1
West Midlands 6.2 6.8 7.0 8.9
East 9.0 8.8 10.0 9.1
South West 9.0 9.6 10.0 8.1
South East 16.1 15.4 14.4 13.6
London 14.3 17.1 15.2 12.2
Wales 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.9
Northern Ireland 5.6 6.9 5.8 2.9
Scotland 7.2 6.8 7.1 8.6
5Todays Presentation
- Background to the Honours System
- Who gets honours?
- And how can we make sure that the right people
do? - How to nominate
6Honours are for people who demonstrate
exceptional service and achievement
- People who . . .
- Have changed things, with an emphasis on
achievement - Exemplify the best sustained and selfless
voluntary service - Have demonstrated innovation and entrepreneurship
- Carry the respect of their peers
- Have shown sustained achievement against the odds
requiring moral courage - Have made significant contributions towards
building the Big Society - Are major philanthropists showing sustained
commitment - If in paid employment, they are for people who go
beyond their job
7Big Society Examples
- People working to strengthen communities in
deprived areas - Community organisers
- People running neighbourhood groups
- People working for voluntary or charitable
organisations - Community fundraisers
- People tackling any extremism which promotes
violence or hatred - People supporting green enterprise at a local
level
8Honours Lists
- Two lists per year Birthday and New Year
- Several elements
- Prime Ministers list (up to 1300 names)
- Defence Secretarys list (200 names)
- Foreign Secretarys list (150 names)
- Others (Privy Counsellors, The Queens personal
list, some overseas countries) - This presentation focuses on PMs list
9Levels (1)
- Companion of Honour (up to 47 in UK)
- A pre-eminent and sustained contribution in the
arts, science, medicine, or government (9
vacancies). - Knight/DameA pre-eminent contribution in any
field of activity usually, but not exclusively at
national level, or in a capacity which will be
recognised by peer groups as inspirational and
significant nationally and demonstrates sustained
commitment. - CBE
- A prominent national role of a lesser degree, or
a conspicuous leading role in regional affairs
through achievement or service to the community
or a highly distinguished, innovative
contribution in his or her area of activity. - OBE
- A distinguished regional or county-wide role in
any field, through achievement or service to the
community including notable practitioners known
nationally.
10Levels (2)
- MBE
- Achievement or service in and to the community
which is outstanding in its field and has
delivered sustained and real impact which stands
out as an example to others. - BEM
- Achievement or contribution of a very hands-on
service to the community in a local geographical
area. This might take the form of sustained
commitment in support of very local charitable
and/or voluntary activity or innovative work
that has delivered real impact but that is
relatively short (three to four years) in
duration.
11Recent Reforms
- 1993 (John Major)
- End of automaticity
- Introduction of public nominations now 10,000
enquiries a year, leading to 3,000 nominations - 2005 (Tony Blair)
- Independent Selection Committees.
- PM passes recommendations direct to HMQ
- 2012 (David Cameron)
- Philanthropy and Political Service Committees
- Reintroduction of British Empire Medal
12 ANNEX 1
13Who gets them?
- At New Year 2013 (1223 people)
- 1068 (87) were at OBE, MBE and BEM level
- 247 (20) were at OBE
- 535 (44) were at MBE
- 286 (23) were at BEM
- 72 were working in their local community in some
way - 47 were women
- But only 6 from ethnic minority communities
14Sectors
- 43 went to people nominated for work in the
voluntary sector - 14 went to people in Business, Science and
Technology - 10 went to people in Sport
- 10 went to people in Education
- 7 went to people in Health
- 5 went to people working in the cultural economy
(Arts and Media)
15Whos missing?
- Women
- Ethnic minorities
- Entrepreneurs
- Philanthropists
- The retail sector
- Technology
- And we need more strong MBE and BEM candidates
including young people
16Women are under-represented
- Women have never made up more than 47 of the
list. - At The Queens Birthday 2012, the proportion
dropped to only 41.
17Its even worse at the higher levels
- Starkly illustrated by the NY12 List 7 Dames
compared to 27 Knights. BD12 and NY13 Lists only
marginally better.
18We need more women to submit nominations
- Nominators of female Candidates
- Nominators of male Candidates
19A great opportunity
- Honours are a wonderful encouragement
- To individuals
- To organisations or businesses
- To communities
- To the region
- Who or what do you want to stimulate in your
region? - How can you reach out to your priority areas?
20Who do you know who deserves an honour?
- What is special about his/her achievements?
- How have they made a difference?
- How have they have overcome obstacles or gone the
extra mile? Has it been a sustained performance? - What has been their impact?
- How are they head and shoulders above their peers
or a role model to others? - What has been their voluntary contribution? Dont
just produce a CV or job description!
21Where do I start?
- Download a nomination pack from
www.gov.uk/honours or telephone 020 7276 2777 - Be prepared to provide at least two independent
letters of support. - Then be patient (though you can ring the Cabinet
Office for a progress report) . . . and remember
that not all nominations will succeed. - If you would like a member of Rutlands Honours
Advisory Panel to review your Citation before it
is submitted to the Cabinet Office, please email
to khaworth_at_rutland.gov.uk who will forward to a
member of the panel for an overview.