Hughes was children's minister for four years before resigning in June 2009.
Hughes played an instrumental role in driving through the Every Child Matters reforms and in developing the Care Matters green paper to transform outcomes for looked-after children.
Also in the list of new peers is Shireen Ritchie, Conservative chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people's board. CYP Now reported in February that Ritchie was being "lined up for a peerage" by the Conservatives and that Nat Wei, ennobled in the post of government adviser on the Big Society, would also be a key influence.
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