Question follow-through · 42632
Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average time taken to process nominations for national honours.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average time taken to process nominations for national honours.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
Processing the large number of nominations for national honours can be lengthy but it is critical to ensure the integrity of national honours is maintained. Verifying information about nominees can take time to ensure the independent process has been comp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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