Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 117007

Permanent Secretaries: Honours

Tabled: 2 March 2026

Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a standing policy that Permanent Secretaries should receive a knighthood or damehood after a set number of years.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds

All honours nominees are considered by one of ten independent honours committees, each chaired by an independent member and comprising a majority of independent members. Permanent Secretaries are considered by the State Committee, with each case considere...

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