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New Year Honours 2009: some facts and figures
In total 966 people were recommended to the Prime Minister for an award:
827 candidates have been selected at MBE and OBE level, 598 at MBE and 229 at OBE.
There are 378 successful women candidates in the list, including six Dames, 21 CBEs and one CB. This represents 39% of the total.
Six per cent of the successful candidates come from ethnic minority communities
More than 70% of the recipients are local heroes undertaking outstanding work in their own communities, while 39% are honoured for their work in voluntary and local services.
More here at New Years Honours 2009
827 candidates have been selected at MBE and OBE level, 598 at MBE and 229 at OBE.
There are 378 successful women candidates in the list, including six Dames, 21 CBEs and one CB. This represents 39% of the total.
Six per cent of the successful candidates come from ethnic minority communities
More than 70% of the recipients are local heroes undertaking outstanding work in their own communities, while 39% are honoured for their work in voluntary and local services.
More here at New Years Honours 2009
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Offered a peerage by Ramsay MacDonald, the great socialist writer R.H. Tawney replied, "What harm have I ever done to the Labour Party?"
But if Hol members are disappointed not to make OBE-1 Ken OBE this year, the Freedom of Carbuncle Passage is still available. And you can add the letters F.O.C. after your name.
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