Official Statistics

Honours recipients by ethnicity

This data shows the ethnicity of honours recipients in the Queen’s Birthday and New Year’s Honours lists from 2014 to 2019.

• From: Race Disparity Unit
• Published: 29 August 2019

Documents

Honours recipients by ethnicity

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/culture-and-community/civic-participation/honours-recipients/latest

Details

Honours lists are published twice a year, in December and June, with around 1,200 people in each list.

This data includes 5 types of honour:

• Higher Honours (including knighthoods and damehoods)
• CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
• OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
• MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire)
• BEM (British Empire Medal)

Honours nominees are asked about their ethnic group when they’re asked whether they would like to accept an honour.

This data only includes nominees who accepted their honour and whose ethnicity was known.

Published 29 August 2019