AN inquiry has been ordered into how a version of David Cameron's honours list was leaked to the press, it has been reported.
The former prime minister was accused of cronyism after dishing out gongs to a string of political allies, Tory donors and Downing Street staff.
A version of the list was leaked to The Sunday Times weeks before the final list was made public, sparking widespread criticism of the outgoing PM.
According to The Times, an investigation, overseen by Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, will question all those who had access to the document in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office.
It is understood these will include senior aides to Mr Cameron, Prime Minister Theresa May and a small team of civil servants, the newspaper reported.
The inquiry was set up in the past couple of weeks and was being led by Sue Gray, the Government's head of propriety and ethics, according to the newspaper.
In his resignation honours, Mr Cameron created 13 Tory life peers, giving the Tories 207 - one more than Labour.
Tory treasurer Andrew Fraser and political aides Gabrielle Bertin and Camilla Cavendish, who both worked at Number 10, were all given peerages.
Knighthoods were given to Cabinet ministers Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin and former ministers Oliver Letwin and Hugo Swire, while former chancellor George Osborne became a Companion of Honour.
Samantha Cameron's stylist Isabel Spearman received an OBE for political and public service.
