For services to Young People in Downpatrick, County Down. Malcolm Murdo McLean, For services to the community in Berneray, Isle of Lewis. Mrs Ann McMaster, For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence through the East Durham Women's Refuge and East Durham Domestic Violence Forum. Mrs Angela McMullen, For services to People with Disabilities in Cambridgeshire. Steven Mellers, Founder and manager, Fairbridge Centre, Kent. For services to Young People. William Campbell Melville, For public service. Mrs Henrietta Menice, For services to Housing in Northern Ireland. Ms Valerie Metcalf, For services to Equal Opportunities.

John Pollard Metcalfe, Lately chairman, Central Borders Branch, Multiple Sclerosis Society. Mrs Iona Meyer, For public service. Bambul Miah, For services to the community in the West Midlands. Mohammad Arju Miah, For services to community relations in Swindon, Wiltshire. Miss Lorraine Michaels, For services to Unemployed People in Merseyside. David Miller, Chairman of Governors, Wimbledon School of Art. For services to Higher Education. Mrs Lucy Miller, For services to the Girls' Brigade in Cumbernauld. Uttambhai Dahya Mistry, JP, For services to the community in Bolton. Mrs Mary Mitchell, Home Help. For services to the community in Banbridge, Co Down. Miss Patricia Ann Moir, Nurse, Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. For services to Families in Grampian. Miss Isobel Montgomery, Senior Clerical assistant, James Hamilton Academy, Kilmarnock. For services

to Education. Ronnie Moodley, Chief executive, ARHAG Housing Association. For services to Refugees. Mrs Annie Allan Stevenson Mooney, For services to the community in Stirling. Ronald David Moore, Court manager, Canterbury Combined Court Centre, Court Service, Lord Chancellor's Department. Mrs Catherine Denise Morgan, Headteacher, Goetre Infants School, Merthyr Tydfil. For services to Education. Daniel Edward Morgan, JP, For services to the Administration of Justice in Herefordshire. David Treharne Morgan, TD, For services to Transport Preservation in the UK and Europe. Mrs June Morrell, Administrative Officer, West London County Court, Court Service, Lord Chancellor's Department. Mrs Elizabeth Pearl Morrison, Curriculum director, Fermanagh College. For services to Further Education. Thomas Hulme Moss, For services to Dance in Wigan, Lancashire. Mrs Ellen Mulvey, For services to Ex-Service

Personnel in Broughton House Home, Salford. Mrs Mary Bernadette Munden, (Mrs Gilbert), Nursery Nurse, Claremont School, Bristol. For services to Special Needs Education. Mrs Barbara Margaret Murray, For services to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in Fort Augustus. Robert Jack Nelson, For services to Unemployed People in the East Midlands. David Newbigging, Rehabilitation Instructor, State Hospital, Carstairs. For services to Patient Therapy. Mrs Patricia Newman, Youth Worker, Youth and Community Education Service. For services to Young People in Walsall, West Midlands. Reginald Nicholas, For services to People with Disabilities in Cornwall. William James Nicholl, For public service. Alan Nicolson, For services to the community in Banffshire. Lawrence Michael Nippers, For services to Local Government in Wales. Cyril Charles Norman, Lately Parish Clerk. For services to Local Government

in Eastham, Worcestershire. John Michael Nugent, For services to Education, Skills and Business in Greater Manchester. Mrs Margaret Mavis Nutter, For services to the community, especially the Springhall Hospice Charity Shop, Rochdale, Lancashire. Mrs Helen Ogborn, For services to the Victim Support Scheme, Tameside. Jamie Trevor Oliver, TV Chef and Restaurateur. For services to the Hospitality Industry. Patrick John Ormonde, For services to Amateur Theatre. Malcolm Douglas Osmundson, School Resource manager, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London. For services to Higher Education. Mrs Rhoda Ottoway, For services to Ridge Meadow Primary School, Chatham, Kent. For services to Education. Mrs Hazel Ann Oughton, School Crossing Warden. For services to the community in Frodsham, Cheshire. Mrs Victoria Ouzman, Senior Personal secretary, Police Complaints Authority, Home Office. Mrs

Cecile Oxaal, English Teacher, Winifred Holtby School, Hull. For services to Education. Mrs Linda Anne Paice, Complaints Co-ordinator, Broadcasting Standards Commission. Mrs Iris Mona Pain, Typist, Employment Tribunals Service, Department of Trade and Industry. Mrs Angela Palmer, Nursery Nurse, Northfield Road Primary School, Dudley, West Midlands. For services to Education. Mrs Marilyn Peggy Palmer, Manager, International Trade Services, Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Initiative. For services to International Trade. Mrs Phyllis Ann Palmer, Founder Member, South Cumbria Dyslexia Association. For services to Special Needs Education in Cumbria. Keith Pape, Constable, West Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police. Michael John Millard Parker, TD, Emergency Planning Adviser, Severn Trent Water. For services to the Water Industry. Gordon John Parris, JP, For charitable services, Surrey. Mrs

Betty Joan Patchett, For services to Skipton Hospitals' League of Friends. Mrs Wendy Paterson, Development Officer, South East Scotland Training Consortium. For services to Social Work in Scotland. Dr Binay Kumar Pathak, General Medical Practitioner, Nottingham. For services to Primary Health Care. David Anthony Pearman, For services to the Conservation of British Flora and to the Botanical Society of the British Isles. Mrs Marion Pearson, Head of Finance, Glasgow Film Theatre. For services to the Cinema. Mrs Eleanor Perkins, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association, Bristol. Graham Alan Perry, Founder Member, Great Western Society. For services to Railway Heritage. Ms Sharon Peters, Team Leader, FCH Housing and Care. For services to Housing in the West Midlands. Lawrence Erling Petterson, For services to Charity especially Health in South Wales. John Philcox,

Head of Personnel, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Alan Phillips, For services to charity in Jersey. The Ven Galayaye Piyadassi, For services to Community Relations in North London. Stuart James Pizzey, Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police and to the community. William Alfred Place, Messenger, Government Office for Yorkshire and Humber. Keith Andrew Player, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Vera Kenton Plummer, For services to the WRVS and to the community in East London. Mrs Annabelle Elizabeth Poots, Founder Member, Lisburn Special Care School Parents' Association. For services to the community in Lisburn, Co Antrim. Edward George William Powell, Station Honorary secretary. For services to the RNLI, Barry, South Glamorgan. Michael William Powley, For services to Supported Employment in the South West. Mrs Christine Joyce Price, For services

to International Development.

Mrs Maureen Pritchard, Cleaner. For services to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. John Alan Prodger, For services to the community in Buckinghamshire. Peter Joseph Prunty, Force Commandant, Cleveland Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mrs Angelina Purcell, For services to Business Development and International Trade in South London. Mrs Stella Rosamond Pye, Personal assistant to the vice Chancellor, University of East Anglia. For services to Higher Education. Steve Pyke, Photographer. For services to the Arts. Raymond Paul Quant, For services to the community in Borth, Ceredigion. Robin Radley, For services to the NSPCC and to the Treloar Trust in Hampshire. Eric James Rainey, Lately National Trust Area Warden. For services to the Conservation of Wildlife in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Mehmet Ramadan, Lately Lift Attendant, Palace of Westminster. Mrs Catherine

Quinn Katie Ramage, Director, Community Involvement Ltd, Larkhall. For services to People with Special Needs in Lanarkshire. Peter Rana, For services to Business and International Trade. Graeme Donald Randall, For services to Judo. Robert Eric Michael Randall, For services to Karate. Richard Nisbet Earle Raven, For services to the community in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Peter Raymond, Non-Executive chairman, Tepnel Life Sciences. For services to the UK Bioscience Sector. Mrs Violet Margarethe Alice Reader, For services to the community in Sutton, Norfolk. Mrs Janet Reynolds, Managing director, Octavius Hunt Ltd. For services to International Trade. Mrs Joan Reynolds, For services to the community in South East Wales. Maurice Edward Reynolds, For services to People with Learning Difficulties and Prader-Willi Syndrome. Peter Robert Richardson, Teacher, Haycliffe Special School, Bradford. For services

to Special Needs Education. Mrs Eileen Riddick, Management secretary, Scottish Prison Service. Maj Peter Harold Ridlington, For services to the Gurkha Welfare Trust. Nicholas Riley, For services to UK Geosciences. Mohummad Risaluddin, For services to Interfaith Relations. Cecil Ritchie, For services to Road Safety. Glynn Morton Roberts, Head, Birmingham Outdoor Education Centre, Birmingham City Council. Mrs Marian Roberts, Councillor. For services to the community in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. Robert Sommerville Robertson, Driver, Fleet Support Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. Andrew John Robinson, Head, Community Development Banking, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland. For services to Social and Community Enterprise. Martin Joseph Roddy, Constable, Gloucestershire Constabulary. For services to the Police. Alexander Philip Roe, Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the

Police and to Charity. Mrs Jean Valentine Rogers, For services to the WRVS in Dorset. Mrs Audrey Watkin Rose, For services to the community, especially Health and Education in Sheffield. Mrs Elvina Sheila Russell, Chairman, Pembrokeshire Community Health Council. For services to Health. Philip Ralph Hugh Russell, BEM, Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. Philip Sackett, Lately Clerk, Minster Parish Council. For services to the community in Minster, Thanet, Kent. Miss Dora Mary Sales, For services to the community in Usk, Monmouthshire. Dilip Sarkar, For services to Aviation History. Mrs Yvonne Janet Saunders, Divisional Administration Officer, Hampshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. Alan Samuel Schwartz, Member, Welsh Interfaith Council and Board of Deputies of British Jews. For services to Interfaith Relations and to the Jewish Community in Wales. James Scott, For services to the community

and to the Royal Mail, Bracknell, Berkshire. Dr Matta Venkataramanaiah Shathrughna Setty, General Medical Practitioner, Ashford, Kent. For services to Primary Health Care. Mrs Kathryn Severn, For services to the community in Llanfairpwll, Anglesey. Eric James Seymour, For services to the Royal British Legion in Essex. Robina Shahnaz Shah, JP, For services to Asian Children with Learning Disabilities. Samir Sharma, For services to Community Relations in Scotland. Mrs Doreen Elizabeth Sharpe, For public service. Mrs Judith Craig Shedden, Co-Founder, Grown Up Congenital Heart Patients Association. For services to People with Congenital Heart Disease.

Mrs Imelda Shelley, Research Information Officer, Wales Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. Peter Edwin Sillibourne, For services to Ruckinge and Hamstreet Scout and Guide Associations, Kent. Tennakoon Mudilige Dayananda Silva, Civil Engineer. For services to Public Transport in London. Mrs Marion Simon, JP, For services to Trade Unions and Workplace Learning Services, Yorkshire and Humberside. Mrs Pamela Simpson, For services to the Citizens' Advice Bureau, Richmond, Surrey. John Roger Sims, Secretary, League of Friends, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. For services to Health. Amolak Singh, Chief executive, Dental Practitioners' Association. For services to Dentistry. Simon Singh, For services to the Promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in Schools and to Science Communication. Mrs Sylvia Sklayne, For services to the community in Redbridge, Essex. Mrs Daphne

Mary Walker Sleigh, Lately Councillor, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government and to the community. Thomas Kay Slimming, Lecturer, Stow College, Glasgow. For services to Special Needs Further Education. Robert William Sly, New Deal Co-ordinator and Operations manager, Dorset, Department for Work and Pensions. Alan John Smith, Licensing Officer, Environment Agency. For services to Water Resource Management. Barry Lewis Smith, Recovery manager and Deputy Unit head, Inland Revenue. Mrs Christine Annette Smith, For services to the community, especially to Music in Nottingham. Mrs Eileen Annie Elizabeth Smith, For services to the Sea Cadet Corps, Southampton. Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Smith, For services to Community Safety. Ian Monro Smith, Inspector, Invercannie Water Treatment Works. For services to the Scottish Water Industry. Malcolm Smith, For services to the Board of Visitors,

HM Prison Lancaster. Martin Ansdell-Smith, Senior Network Analyst, Information Services Division, Department for Education and Skills. Robert William Smith, For services to Community Safety. Terence Henry Rosslyn Smith, For services to Disadvantaged People. Alan John Spedding, Director of Music, Beverley Minster. For services to Music. Mrs Judith Spicer, Pensions Team Leader, Department for Work and Pensions.

Mrs Penny Spink, For services to British Fencing. Brian Francis Squires, For services to the community in Linton, Herefordshire. Richard Charles Squires, DL, For services to the community, especially conservation in Wantage, Oxfordshire. John Malcolm Stansfield, For services to Agriculture and to the community in Reading. Barry Steed, For services to the community in Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset. Mrs Sheila Steele, JP, For services to Girlguiding UK and to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Dr David Brook Stevens, For services to Motor Sport Medicine in the Isle of Man. Alfred Davison Stewart, Biomedical Scientist manager, Belfast Link Laboratories. For services to the Laboratory Service. Mrs Joyce Stewart, Lately director of Horticulture, Royal Horticultural Society. For services to Horticultural Science and Botanical Education. Robert Watt Stewart, Manager, Jobcentre Plus,

Department for Work and Pensions. John David Stockport, Constable, North Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police. Cyril David Stockwell, Member, Sparsholt Parish Council and Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For services to Local Government in Sparsholt, Hampshire.

Mrs Diane Maureen Stone, Co-ordinator, Community Action Centre, University of the West of England. For services to Higher Education. Mrs Patricia Stringfellow, Chair, Judging Panel, National Training Awards. For services to Training. Mrs Carole Hester Sturgess, For services to Mental Health Care in Swansea. Mohammed Ali Syed, For services to Community Relations in South West London. Abu Taher, For services to Community Relations in the Midlands. Michael Tangye, For services to Heritage in Cornwall. Roger John Radcliffe Tanner, DL, For services to the Arts in Saddleworth, Oldham. Brian Taylor, Secretary, Open Door Project, Redbridge, Essex. For services to Young People. Charles Edward Taylor, Town Councillor, Presteigne and Norton Town Council. For services to the community in Presteigne, Powys. Charles Harry Taylor, TD, For services to the community, especially the Trinity Centre in Winchester,

Hampshire. Miss Jacqueline Taylor, For services to the community of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. Mrs Jean Tennant, For services to Marie Curie Cancer Care. Alfred Keith Dyson Terry, For services to Tramways and Tramcar Heritage. Giles Eric Tewkesbury, For services to Young People. Jayprakash Thakkar, Facilities Officer, HM Customs and Excise. Mrs Angela Thomas, For services to Elderly People with Disabilities in Desford, Leicestershire. Mrs Carmen Teresa Thomas, Youth Leader, Kingsteignton Youth Centre, Devon. For services to Young People. George James Thomas, For services to the Royal Mail and to the community in Shrewsbury. Mrs Joyce Helen Thomas, For services to the community in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Andrew Edward Thompson, For services to the community in Bangor, Co Down. Mrs Anne Thompson, Principal, Currie Primary School, Belfast. For services to Education. Miss Diane Hilary

Thompson, Personal assistant to chairman and chief executive, Alvis plc. For services to the Defence Industry. Henry Andrew Thompson, For services to the community in Coleraine, Co Londonderry. Mrs Janice Ann Thompson, Regional Co-ordinator, Investors in People, Inland Revenue. Kenneth Clive Thomson, For services to the British Red Cross Society in Orkney. Terry Timlett, For services to the community in Devon. Mrs Elizabeth Toman, For services to Social Welfare in Northern Ireland. Mrs Jane Emily Tomlinson, For charitable services in West Yorkshire. James Alan Tompkins, Lately Premises manager, Langbourne Primary School, Southwark, London. For services to Education. William Ian Tootell, For services to the Romanian Childline. Cyril Trust, For services to the community in Farnham, Surrey. Mrs Mary Ruth Tucker, Adult Education Tutor, Neath. For services to Lifelong Learning. John Turley, For

services to Life Saving in Lanarkshire. Mrs Barbara Turnbull, For services to the Citizens' Advice Bureau, Clackmannanshire. Mrs Elsie Ellen Tytherleigh, For services to the WRVS in Essex. Romesh Vaitilingam, For services to Economic and Social Science. Kenneth Venables, Community Safety manager, Basildon District Council. For services to the Police and to the community. Miss Diane Wadsworth, Manager. For services to London Underground. Paul Gerald Wagstaff, Principal Lecturer, Aeronautics, Kingston University. For services to Higher Education. Mrs Suzanne Frances Walsh, For services to the Homeless in Blackpool. Mrs Suzanne Warn, Public Examiner, Geography for Edexcel. For services to Education. Timothy John Wass, RSPCA Superintendent, East Anglia. For services to Animal Health and Welfare. Joseph Callander Watson, For services to the community, especially the Willow Burn Hospice in Lanchester,

County Durham. John Blakeney Waugh, Principal, Wheatfield Primary School, Belfast. For services to Education. Jack Webber, For services to the National Trust. Allan Andre Wells, Joiner, Ministry of Defence. Miss Kathleen Rita Welsh, For services to People with Disabilities in Scotland. David West, Lately Education and Training Adviser, Scottish Engineering. For services to the Engineering Industry in Scotland. Ron West, Technical manager, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment.

Ms Sally Margaret West, For services to Age Concern. Mrs Helen White, School Crossing Warden, Christchurch, Dorset. Nicholas Charles Whitney, Head, Technical Support, Westland Helicopters. For services to the Aviation Industry. Ian Whittingham, For services to Health and Safety in the Construction Industry. Thomas John Whyatt, Managing director, Continental Teves UK Ltd, Ebbw Vale. For services to Industry in Wales. Mrs Clare Wichbold, Local Government Officer. For services to Rural Herefordshire. Mrs Helen Irvine Adair Wickens, Constable, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mrs Pauline Rosemary Wilkinson, For services to the community in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Mrs Mary Yvonne Williams, Grade D, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Margaret Mary Williamson, For services to the community in Congleton, Cheshire. Mrs Bernice Joan Willis, Leader, Oswestry Borough Council and chairman, Memorial

Hall Trust. For services to the community in Oswestry, Shropshire. Mrs Joyce Willis, Teaching assistant, Willoughby School, Bourne, Lincolnshire. For services to Special Education Needs.

Alwyn Peter Wilson, For public service. Frank Robert George Wilson, Boys' Brigade Leader. For services to Young People in Sunderland. John Douglas Wilson, For services to Beekeeping. Mrs Margaret Wilson, For services to Young People and to the community in Edinburgh. Mrs Patricia June Wilson, Waste Technical Officer, Environment Agency. For service to Waste Management. For services to the Far East Prisoners of War Association. William John Connor Wilson, WILSON Ronald David, director, Technical Services, Belfast Harbour Commissioners. For services to the Port Industry. Eric Gordon Winterflood, For services to Conservation and to the community in Cambridge. Zbigniew Wojcik, Racial Equality Officer, Derby Racial Equality Council. For services to the New Deal. Danny Wai-Ching Wong, Chair, Chinese Welfare Association and Chamber of Commerce. For services to the Chinese Community in Northern Ireland.

Raymond Wong, For services to Community Relations in Bristol.

Bryen Norman David Wood, Honorary Curator, Bushey Museum and Art Gallery. For services to Heritage. Mrs Joanna Woodd, For services to Victims of Crime in Lambeth, London. Mrs Stephanie Janice Woodruff, For services to British Exports. Alan Wright, Mechanical Fitter, Thames Water. For services to the Water Industry. Peter Andrew Thomson Wright, For services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in Edinburgh and Lothian. Mrs Anne Monica Gordon Wyburd, For services to the Criminal Justice System in Hertfordshire. Mrs Margaret Doreen Wylde, For services to Amateur Operatic Societies in Farnham, Surrey. Mrs Jacqueline Yong, Typist, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. Mrs Maureen Young, For services to Save the Children in Berkshire.

QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL

Robert Barrowman, Detective chief inspector, Strathclyde Police. Ian Gordon, Deputy chief Constable, Tayside Police. James Stephen, Detective Superintendent, Grampian Police.

QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL

Michael John Bitcon, Firemaster, Fife Fire and Rescue.