Honours

Mr. Pope
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many officials in her Department have received honours; and how many honours are held by her officials, broken down by category of honour. [111496]

Ms Hewitt
Since the beginning of 2000, 48 members of the Department of Trade and Industry have received a State honour. The breakdown by level of award is as follows.

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|KCB |
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|Kt  |
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|GCMG|
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|CMG |
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|CB  |
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|CBE |
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|OBE |
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|MBE |
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Data are not routinely kept on:
 The number of awards held by individualsAwards that are not related to official dutiesAwards already held by staff before joining the DepartmentAwards held by staff transferring to the Department under machinery of Government movesWhether recipients of awards remain in the Department