§ Mr. PopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials in his Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by his officials, broken down by category of honour. [111490]
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§ Mr. StrawIn the five-year period from New Year 1999 to Birthday 2003, 170 officials will have received awards in honours lists prepared by my Department, as follows:
total 170, or an average of 34 per annum. This does not include awards in the Royal Victorian Order, which are made personally by The Queen.
- GCMG—6, D/KCMG—21, CMG—50, D/KBE—8, CBE—1, QBE—37, MBE—47:
We are unable to provide the information on the number of honours held by officials as the information is not kept on a database and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.