New Year Honours THE FULL LIST

For services to the City of London. Professor Andrew Paul Haines, Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical edicine. For services to Medicine. Professor Brian Howard Harrison, Formerly Editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For services to Scholarship. Alan Jeffrey Jones, Chair, Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.

For services to the Automotive Industry.

Digby Marritt Jones, Director general, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business. Roger Spencer Jones, OBE, For services to Business and Training in Wales. Robert Walker Kerslake, Chief executive, Sheffield City Council. For services to Local Government. Professor John Hartley Lawton, CBE, FRS, Chief executive, Natural Environmental Research Council.

For services to Ecological Science. Dr Jonathan Michael, Chief executive, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS. Dr Peter James Ogden, Founder of the Ogden Trust. For services to Education. Mervyn Kay Pedelty, Formerly chief executive, Co-operative Financial Services. For services to Business and to Charity. Matthew Clive Pinsent, CBE, Rower. For services to Sport. Professor Desmond Rea, OBE, Chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board. For services to the Police. Richard John Staite, OBE, Headteacher, Beeslack Community High School, Penicuik, Midlothian. For services to Education. Michael John Tomlinson, CBE, Chair, A Level Standards Inquiry, Working Group on 14-19 Reform and the Learning Trust for Hackney Schools. For services to Education. Professor James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood, President, Royal College of Pathologists and Professor of Pathology, University

of Sheffield. For services to Medicine. David Veness, CBE, QPM, Assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.

John Stuart Vickers, Chair and chief executive, Office of Fair Trading. For public service. Derek Wanless, For public service.

ORDER OF THE BATH KCB

Edward John Watson Gieve, CB, Permanent secretary, Home Office. David John Normington, CB, Permanent secretary, Department for Education and Skills.

CB Mark Eric Addison, Director general, Operations and Service Delivery, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Colin McLauchlan Baxter, Formerly head, Police and Community Safety Group, Justice Department, Scottish Executive. David Brummell, Legal secretary to the Law Officers, the Office of the Attorney General. John David Coles, Chief executive, Warship Support Agency. Ms Naomi Eisenstadt, Director, Sure Start Unit, Department for Education and Skills. Mark Gibson, Director general, Business Group, Department of Trade and Industry. John Francis Gilhooly, Chief executive, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Brian Leslie Glicksman, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HMTreasury. Robin Paul Halward, Formerly Deputy director general, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office. David Seymour, Legal Adviser, Home Office and Northern Ireland Office. Douglas Armitage Smith,

Chief executive, Child Support Agency. George Macaulay Trevelyan, Formerly director, Delivery Strategy Team, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Mrs Marjorie Williams, Director, Local Services, Inland Revenue.

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE KNIGHTS BACHELOR

Mark John Spurgeon Allen, CMG, Formerly Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Professor Clive William John Granger, For services to economics. Professor Basil Spyridonos Markesinis, QC, F.B.A. For services to international legal relations.

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE CMG

Mrs Elizabeth Kerr Burns, O.B.E, president, International Association of Volunteer Effort. For services to Volunteering. Stuart John Doughty, Chief executive, Costain Group plc. For services to International Trade and Investment. John Charles Odling-Smee, Formerly director, European II Department, International Monetary Fund.

For services to International Finance.

ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER CVO

Dr Claude Blair, OBE, For services to the Royal Collection. Edward Peter Demery, Clerk of the Royal Cellars. Maj Gen Geoffrey William Field, CB, OBE, Resident Governor and Keeper of the Jewel House, HM Tower of London. Vice Admiral Michael Peter Gretton, CB, Director, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK). Brig Colin John McCrae Harrisson, OBE, Formerly chief executive, King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes). Maj Gen David Houston, CBE, Formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland. Lt Gen Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, KCB, OBE, Formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire.

Graeme Neil Munro, Formerly director and chief executive, Historic Scotland. Surgeon Capt David Leslie Swain, LVO, Royal Navy, Medical Officer to The Queen abroad.

LVO

Philip Metcalf Bolam, Honorary Press Officer, The Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth. Miss Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan, Deputy private secretary to The Prince of Wales. Lt Col Robert Guy Cartwright, Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Nicholas John Lucas Chance, JP, Private Secretary to Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Nigel John Fordham, Formerly head of the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau. The Rev Charles Robertson, Minister of Canongate Kirk. Mrs Constance Margaret Tyler, Formerly assistant Fundraising director, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK). Dr Peter Wheeler, Apothecary to The Prince of Wales.

MVO

Gregory Peter Jerome Begley, Formerly Accountant, Crown Estate Office, Windsor.

Sgt Douglas Davies Birnie, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.

David Charles Curtis, Land Steward, Eastern Counties, Duchy of Cornwall. Sgt Benjamin Lionel Dady, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Charles Ian Paul Denyer, Clerk of the Chamber and head of the Crown Office in Chancery.

Andrew Francis Farquharson, Assistant to the Master of the Household, F Branch, Royal Household. Rupert David Featherstone, Senior Paintings Conservator, Royal Collection. David Paul Fuller, Inspector, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection. Patrick John Garratt, Formerly Gardening Supervisor, Government House, Canberra. Miss Bettina Marie Helen Gonsalves, Formerly Fundraising Executive, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK).

Ronald Clifford Harper, Deputy Property manager, Buckingham Palace and St.

James's Palace. Stephen Howe, Chief Operating Officer, Outward Bound. Miss SarahJane Lavington, For services to the late Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Norman Henry Pattenden, MBE, Formerly Royal Train Officer, English, Welsh and Scottish Railways. Miss Linda Hazel Saunders, Deputy Housekeeper, Buckingham Palace.

Alec Tompson, Formerly Land Agent, Gatcombe Park.

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL BAR TO THE RVM (SILVER)

Ivan Richard Boggis, RVM, Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate. Ronald James Forsyth, RVM, Palace Attendant, Windsor Castle.

RVM

Anthony Lawrence Ambrose, Craft Welder, Crown Estate, Windsor. Malcolm Anthony Barrett, Custodian, California Stores, Windsor Castle. David William Bradshaw, Forestry Department Worker, Sandringham Estate. Paul Robert Chettle, Palace Attendant, Buckingham Palace. Eric Hanchett, Formerly Gardener, Gatcombe Estate. Terence Charles Holdforth, House manager and Butler, Sunninghill Park.

Andrew Charles Napier, Polisher, C Branch, Royal Household. Div Sgt Maj Lincoln Frederick Harry Perkins, BEM, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Keith Aran Rembridge, Court Post Office, Buckingham Palace. Henry John Rudd, Stud Hand, Wolferton Stud. Brian Searle, Gardens Fitter, Hampton Court Palace. Alexander Milne Taylor, Mason, Balmoral Estate. Gary Michael Wilson, Chief Gilder, C Branch, Windsor Castle.

Martin Woods, Head Gardener, Sandringham Estate.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, GBE

The Rt Hon Dame (Ann) Elizabeth (Oldfield) Butler-Sloss, DBE, President of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice.

Sir Bryan Hubert Nicholson, Chair, Financial Reporting Council. For public service.

DBE

Miss Kelly Holmes, MBE, For services to Athletics. Mrs Mary Beaton MacDonald, Headteacher, Riverside Primary School, North Shields, North Tyneside. For services to Education. The Rev Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, Formerly chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. Dr Gillian Mary Pugh, OBE, Chief executive, Coram Family.

For services to Children and their Families.

Professor Jean Olwen Thomas, CBE, FRS, Professor of Macromolecular Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to Biochemistry. Mrs Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, OBE, For services to Disabled Sport. Dr Fanny Waterman, CBE, Chair and Artistic director, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. For services to Music.

CBE

Roy Kenneth Alder, Director, Executive Support, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. John Murray Allan, Chief executive, Exel and president, Freight Transport Association. For services to Freight Transport. Colin Herbert Baker, General secretary, National Federation of Subpostmasters. For services to the Post Office. Mrs Mair Barnes, For services to the Retail Sector and to Business. Ms Carol Vanessa Bernard, Chief Officer, Northamptonshire Probation Area. For services to the National Probation Service. Richard David (Sandy) Blair, Formerly director, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. Professor Quentin Saxby Blake, OBE, Illustrator. For services to Children's Literature. Professor Senga Bond, Professor of Nursing Research and head, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

For services to Nursing. Steven Richard Bowker, Formerly chairman and chief executive, Strategic Rail Authority. For services to the Rail Industry. Stewart Craufurd Boyd, QC, Deputy Chair, Financial Services Authority. For services to the Finance Sector. Peter Richard Bradley, Chief executive, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Dr Robert Keith Bramley, Formerly chief Scientist, Forensic Science Service, Home Office. Gerard Anthony Brown, Solicitor Advocate. For services to the Justice System in Scotland. Professor John Boscawen Burland, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Soil Mechanics, Imperial College, London. For services to Geotechnical Engineering. Maxwell Marshall Caller, Chief executive, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Local Government.

John Charles Clare, Chief executive, Dixons.

For services to the National Employment Panel and to Business. Mrs Mary Clarke, Director of Nursing, City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust. For services to Nursing. Professor Roger Howard Clarke, Chairman, International Commission on Radiological Protection. Graham Nigel Cole, Director, Government Affairs, GKN plc. For services to the Aerospace Industry. Richard Charles Cooke, Regional director, Northern England, Inland Revenue. Dr John Philip Cornish, Formerly head, Building Control Division, Development Department, Scottish Executive. Mrs Jill Vivienne Kelsall Coughlan, Headteacher, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, Islington, London. For services to Education.

Andrew Cozens, Formerly president, Association of Directors of Social Services. For services to Social Work. Roger Creedon, Chief executive, Electoral Commission. For services to Elections. Stephen Colin Cuthbert, Chief executive, Port of London Authority and Chair, UK Major Ports Group.

For services to the Ports Industry. Roger Harry Daltrey, For services to Music, the Entertainment Industry, and to charity.

Antonio Denunzio, President and chief executive Officer, ASDA. For services to the Retail Industry. Professor Dian Donnai, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester and Clinical director, North West Genetics Service. For services to Medicine. Ms Helen Dudley, Director, Human Resources, Department for Constitutional Affairs. Professor William Dunlop, Formerly president, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to Medicine. Robin Arthur Philip Duval, Formerly director, British Board of Film Classification. For services to the Film Industry.

Paul Fletcher Everall, Head, Building Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

David James Fillingham, Formerly director, NHS Modernisation Agency. For services to the NHS. Professor John Garside, Formerly Principal and vice-Chancellor, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. For services to Higher Education. Simon James Holliday Gray, Writer. For services to Drama and Literature. Patrick John Spear Griggs, Formerly president, Chair, Comite Maritime International. For services to the Maritime Industry. Peter Michael Roland Handcock, Chief executive, Tribunals Service, Department for Constitutional Affairs. Dr Anthony George Harris, OBE, Chair, West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum. For services to Agriculture and to the Environment. John Eric Harris, MBE, Chair, Alba plc. For services to Business and to Charity. Dr Frederic Roger Heathcote, Chief executive, Employment Tribunals Service. Michael Irving Ian Hedges, QPM, Formerly chief Constable, South

Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police. Philip David Hedley, Formerly Artistic director and chief executive, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London. For services to Drama. Professor Anthony John Grenville Hey, Professor of Computation, University of Southampton and director, UK e-Science Programme. For services to Science. Patrick Holden, Director, Soil Association. For services to Organic Farming.

Peter Holland, DL, Vice-Chair, Association of Police Authorities. For services to the Police. Jonathan Wilson Hoyle, Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. Christopher John Hughes, Formerly chief executive, Learning and Skills Development Agency.

For services to Education and Training. Professor Susan Diana Iversen, Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Science. Professor Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.

For services to Education. Lady Sylvia Jay, Director general, Food and Drink Federation. For services to the Food and Drink Industries. General Lawrence Edward Johnson, Formerly managing director, Dynamics UK Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. Dr Richard Parry-Jones, Group vice-president, Global Product Development and chief Technical Officer, Ford Motor Company. For services to the Automobile Industry. Richard Edward Kellaway, Director general, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Mrs Alison Lindsay King, Leader, Norfolk County Council. For services to Local Government. Dr Pauleen Alice Lane, For services to Local Government. Mrs Anne Shirley Lucas Lapping, Television Producer. For services to Broadcasting. Brian Michael Lapping, Television Producer. For services to Broadcasting.

Peter Lederer, OBE, Chair, Visitscotland.

For services to Tourism. Christopher John Lendrum, Formerly vice Chair, Barclays Bank plc. For services to Banking. John Richard Lill, OBE, Pianist. For services to Music. Alan Lovell, Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. Ms Anna Raymond Massey, Actress. For services to Drama.

Cresson Vivian McIver, Assistant chief inspector, Education and Training Inspectorate, Department of Education, Northern Ireland. Keith Manson Miller, Chief executive, The Miller Group. For services to the Construction Industry in Scotland and to Charity. Ms Gloria Helenly Mills, MBE, Director of Equal Opportunities, Unison. For services to Equal Opportunities. Denis Mulkerrin, Headteacher, Gordon's School, Woking, Surrey. For services to Education.

Professor Christopher Paul Mullard, Member, Campaign against Racial Discrimination. For services to Race Relations.

Thomas Michael Napier, For services to the Law and to Pro Bono Legal Work. Maurice Raymond Newey, Formerly chief executive, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. Walter Anthony Payne, Chief executive, Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association.

For services to the Licensing Trade. Frank Pignatelli, Chief executive, Scottish University for Industry. For services to Education and Lifelong Learning. Professor Robert Arthur Pinker, Privacy commissioner, Press Complaints Commission. For public service. Alan Frederick Plater, Writer and Playwright. For services to Drama. Sister Bernadette Mary Porter, Formerly Rector and chief executive, Roehampton University of Surrey. For services to Higher Education. Geoffrey Colin Powell, OBE, For services to Financial Regulation and to the community in Jersey. Professor Judith Anne Rees, Deputy director and Professor of Environmental and Resources Management, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Social Science. Mrs Susan Ilene Rice, Chief executive, Lloyds TSB Scotland. For services to Banking. David Richards, Director, Prodrive. For services to Motor Sport. Professor

Donald Andrew Ritchie, DL, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Liverpool and Deputy chairman, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment and to Science.

Terence James Rose, Director Wales and South West, Health and Safety Executive.

Melville-Ross, Timothy David, Chair, Investors in People UK. For services to Workplace Learning and Development.

Graeme David Rowe, Head, International Shipping Policy Division, Department for Transport. Michael James Ryan, Vice-president and General manager, Short Bros plc.

For services to Business in Northern Ireland. Dr Michael Shooter, Consultant Child Psychiatrist. For services to the NHS in Wales. Neville Shulman, OBE, Charity Fundraising Explorer and Mountaineer and chairman of the George Thomas Educational Trust. For charitable services.

Thomas Frederick Stainer, Chief Agricultural Economist, director of Policy and Economics Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland Executive. Eric Sykes, OBE, Actor. For services to Drama. Dr Wendy Thomson, Head, Office of Public Service Reform, Cabinet Office. Professor Cheryll Anne Tickle, FRS, FRSE, Foulerton Royal Society Professor, University of Dundee and Member, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. For services to Biology. Douglas Tweddle, Director, Regional Business Services, HM Customs and Excise. Anu Kiran Vedi, Group chief executive, Genesis Housing Group. For services to Housing. Ms Pamela Janice Warhurst, Deputy-Chair, Countryside Agency. For services to the Environment. John Merlin Waterson, Formerly Historic Properties director, National Trust. For services to Heritage. Barry Nicholas Aubrey Weatherill, Chair, Guide Dogs

for the Blind Association. For services to Blind People. Alan Donald Whicker, Author and Broadcaster. For services to Broadcasting. Peter Whittaker, Formerly Headteacher, Hall Green School, Birmingham. For services to Education. Professor Patricia Mang Ming Woo, Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology, University College, London. For services to Medicine. Donald Wood, Chief executive, London and Quadrant Housing Trust. For services to Social Housing.

OBE

Professor Anne Lesley Abbott, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. For services to Education. Nazir Afzal, Sector director, Crown Prosecution Service. Dr Kishori Gopal Agrawal, JP, General Medical Practitioner, Sandwell, West Midlands. For services to Healthcare. Charles Benedict Ainslie, MBE, Yachtsman. For services to Sailing. Peter Maclaren Aitken, Senior Business manager, HM Customs and Excise. George Henry Alcock, Honorary Consul (Northern England) for the Philippines. For services to the community in the North West. Mrs Maggi Allan, Executive director, Education Resources, South Lanarkshire Council. For services to Education. Guy Reid-Bailey, Chair, United Housing Association. For services to Social Housing in the South West. Professor John Keith Banyard, Director, Asset Management, Severn Trent Water Ltd. For services to the Water Industry and

to Engineering.

Eric Malcolm Barnes, Non-Executive director, Experian and chairman, Nottingham Forest plc. For services to the community in the East Midlands. Dr Hugh Wilson Taylor Barron, Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. For services to Road Accident Investigation. John Adrian Shepherd-Barron, Inventor of the Automatic Cash Dispenser. For services to Banking. Professor Simon Baumberg, For services to Science. Archibald Howard Beattie, Investment manager, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive. Miss Leanne Benjamin (Mrs Round), Principal, Royal Ballet Company.

For services to Dance. Celia Jane Isherwood Bennett, Formerly director, British Meat Processors' Association. For services to the Meat and Livestock Industries. Trevor Paul Benson, Managing director, Precision Air Systems, Ultra Electronics. For services to the Defence Industry. Professor David Berridge, Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Luton. For services to Children. Dr Kristine Beuret, Director, Social Research Associates. For services to Disabled People. The Rev Prebendary Richard Thomas Bewes, Rector, All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. For services to the Church of England. The Rev Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Methodist Minister. For services to Inter-faith Relations. Malcolm Hugh Bird, Director, Quality and Sustainable Development, GKN Driveline. For services to the Automotive Industry. Dr Christopher Board, Formerly Chair, UK Committee for Cartography, British Cartographic

Society.

For services to Cartography. Professor Mark Haworth-Booth, Formerly Senior Curator of Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to Museums.

Michael Brace, Chair, British Paralympic Association. For services to Disabled Sport.

Dr Mervyn Edward Bramley, Formerly Flood Defence Development manager, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment. Christopher Roger Etrick Brooke, For services to Medical Research and to the community in Hampshire. David Brown, Chief executive, North Cornwall District Council. For services to Local Government. Professor Stephen Frederick Brown, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham. For services to Road Engineering. Richard Henry Burbidge, Chair and managing director, Richard Burbidge Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in Oswestry, Shropshire. Professor Peter Sherwood Burge, Professor of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Birmingham.

For services to Medicine. Ms Frances Burns, Head, Development and Publication Unit, Department for International Development. Professor Sally Byng, Chief executive, Connect - the communication disability network. For services to Speech and Language Therapy. Neil Carr, Executive director of Nursing, South Staffordshire Health Care NHS Trust. For services to Nursing. David Edward John Carson, Head of Tourism Branch, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive. David Alexander Carter, Grade 7, Health and Safety Executive. Raymond Bobby Carter, Formerly chairman, English Schools Football Association and Chair, Games and Sports Division, Central Council for Physical Recreation. For services to Sport. Mrs Pamela Margaret Castle, Chair, Thames Environment Protection Advisory Committee and Chair, Business and Community Safety Forum. For services to the Environment.

Michael Walter Charleston, Honorary secretary, South West Rivers Association. For services to Salmon and Wildlife Conservation. Francis Anthony Charnock, Formerly Headteacher, Holy Cross Roman Catholic High School, Chorley, Lancashire. For services to Education. Brian Edwin Chesworth, JP, For services to Business and to the community in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Michael Clark, Managing director, International Fish Canners (Scotland). For services to the Food Industry. James Dudley Henderson Clarke, BEM, Chair, London Marathon. For services to Sport. John Edward Clarke, For services to the community in Coventry. Robert John Clifford, Grade 7, Coroners Unit, Home Office. Anthony Climpson, Tourism and Publicity Officer, New Forest District Council and Immediate Past president, Tourism Management Institute. For services to Local Government. Nigel Richard John Coleman, Formerly Group Valuation Officer,

North London Valuation Office Agency, Inland Revenue. Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Cooke, Assistant director of Finance, Patent Office.

Raymond George Alfred Cooney, Actor, Writer, director and Producer. For services to Drama. Mrs Lesley Jane Corbett, Headteacher, Carden Primary School, Brighton, East Sussex. For services to Education.

Martin Couchman, Deputy chief executive, British Hospitality Association. For services to Hospitality. James Edward Cracknell, MBE, Rower. For services to Sport. James Douglas Craig, Managing director, Craig Group Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in North East Scotland.

Stephen Cranston, Chief executive, The Arts Factory, Ferndale, Rhondda. For services to Lifelong Learning. Professor Dorothy Hanson Crawford, Robert Irvine Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education and Science. Keith Crockford, Waterfront Engineering Executive, Fleet Support Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. Geoffrey Alexander Daniels, Director, National Learning and Skills Council. For services to Further Education. Professor Richard Adrian Daugherty, Formerly Professor, Education Department, University of Wales Aberystwyth. For services to Education.

John Hamilton Davies, Chair, Civil Service Appeal Board. For public service. Mrs Priscilla Elizabeth Davies, JP, Regional development manager, INCLUDE. For services to Young People and to the community in Wales. Mrs Shirley Ann Davies, Deputy director of Service, Inland Revenue. Ivan Davis, For political and public service. John Dennis, Joint managing director, John Dennis Coachbuilders. For services to the Firefighting Industry. John Joseph Devine, Formerly Journalist, Irish Independent. For services to Journalism. Professor Thomas Martin Devine, Glucksman Research Professor and director, AHRB Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen. For services to Scottish History.

Dr Stuart Dobson, Ecotoxicologist and Physiologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Huntingdon. For services to Ecotoxicology. Professor Anna Felicja Dominiczak, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow. For services to Medicine. Professor Christopher Stephen Downes, Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Ulster. For services to Biomedical Research. Dr John Richard Dudeney, Deputy director, British Antarctic Survey. For services to Science. David Stanley Edwards, Formerly chief executive, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Douglas Ellis, For services to Football and to the community in the West Midlands. Francis Edwin Ellison, BEM, For services to the British Korean Veterans' Association. Terence John Martin Elphick, Formerly Project manager, Skanska. For services to the Ministry of Defence.

John Nicholas McAlpine Entwistle, DL, For services the community in the North West.

Robert Harald Faber, Formerly Project director, Oxford University Press for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For services to Scholarship. Leslie Stephen Fairweather, For services to Architecture, HM Prison Service and to the community in West Sussex. Robert Andrew Farmer, Formerly chief executive, Forest Enterprise Wales. Andrew Farrell, Wigan and Great Britain Rugby Captain. For services to Rugby League. David Findlay, Managing director, Automotive Technik Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. Nigel Kennedy-Finlayson, Formerly head, Business and Information Systems Division, National Assembly for Wales. Capt Alexander Barry Fisher, British Airways. For services to Civil Aviation. Mrs Sally Margaret Doris Floyer, Managing director, Frederick Warne and Co. For services to Publishing and to Tourism in the Lake District. Peter Karl James Franzen, Editor, Eastern Daily Press.

For services to Journalism. Edward Friel, Chief executive, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Tourist Board. For services to Tourism in Scotland.

Mrs Anne Galbraith, For services to the community in the North East. Archibald Duncan Galloway, For services to the Corporation and City of London. Hugh Gardner, Director of Social Services and Housing, City and County of Swansea. For services to Social Care. Miss Sharon Girling, Detective Constable, National Crime Squad. For services to the Police. Duncan Bruce Godefroy, JP, For services to the community in Plymouth. Dr Alison Jane Patricia Goligher, Vice president of Production, Schlumberger. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.

Ian Gordon, QPM, Deputy chief Constable, Tayside Police. For services to the Police in Scotland. Martin Edwin Gorham, Chief executive, National Blood Authority. For services to the NHS. Anthony Ernest Grant, Vice-Chair, Leeds and Holbeck Building Society. For public services in West Yorkshire. Ms Katherine Anne Green, Chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group and Member, National Employment Panel. For services to Welfare Work. Mrs Catherine Griffiths, Head, Radiation Protection and QA Services, Directorate of Medical Imaging and Medical Physics, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. Professor Ralph Alan Griffiths, Chair, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. For services to Heritage. Trevor Thomas Griffiths, Chair, Law and Constitution Committee, General Dental Council. For services to Dentistry. Philip Howard Gronow, Deputy director,

Corporate Support Group, Receivables Management Service, Inland Revenue. Graham Richard Hadfield, Chief executive, Civil Service Insurance Society.

For public service. Robert James Hancock, Regional secretary, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to the Trade Union Movement in Wales. Mrs Ann Christine Harris, Headteacher, Oaktree Nursery and Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire. For services to Education. Mrs Sue Harrison, Assistant director, European Markets, Department of Trade and Industry. Professor George Hazel, Formerly president, Institution of Highways and Transportation. For services to Transport. David Heather, Formerly Deputy chief executive, Agricultural Industries Confederation. For services to the Fertiliser Industry. James Hehir, Chief executive, Ipswich Borough Council. For services to Local Government. Miss Susan Jane Hemming, Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. Mrs Annabel Hemstedt, Formerly Executive director, Basic Skills Agency. For services to Basic Skills Education. Wilfred Neale Henderson,

Technical Operations manager, National Audit Office.

George Charles Hepburn, Chief executive, Community Foundation serving Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. For services to the community in the North East. Robert Graham Hubbard, Principal and chief executive, Prior's Court School, Thatcham, Berkshire. For services to Special Needs Education. Dr John David Wynne Hudson, Formerly Headteacher, Holloway School, Islington, London. For services to Education.

William Joseph Hutcheson, Headteacher, Elm Court School, Lambeth, London. For services to Special Needs Education. Robert Neil Hutley, Justices' chief executive for Devon and Cornwall. For services to the Administration of Justice. David Keith Marlais James, Formerly Chair, Eversheds LLP.

For services to Business and to the community in Wales. Karl William Pamp Jenkins, Composer. For services to Music. Mrs Joyce Sara Ramsay Johnston, Principal, Fife College of Further and Higher Education. For services to Further Education in Scotland.

Mrs Carol Jones, Headteacher, St. Barnabas Church of England Primary School, Bristol. For services to Education. Dr William Johnstone Jordan, Vice-president, RSPCA. For services to Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare. Desmond Hugh Kelly, Assistant director, Birmingham Royal Ballet. For services to Dance. Claude Alaric Anthony Kilmister, For services to Health and to the Prayer Book Society. Samuel Kinkaid, For public service. John Andrew Kissock, Joint managing director, James Jones and Sons. For services to Forestry.

The Viscountess Sheelin Virginia Knollys, DL, For services to the community in Norfolk. Paul Crosby Lamplugh, For services to The Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Advocate John Emile Langlois, Formerly Peoples' Deputy to the States of Guernsey. For services to the community in Guernsey. Dr Colin Reginald Lattimore, JP, For services to English Decorative and Applied Fine Arts and to the community in Cambridge. Mrs Lilian Lawson, Director, Scottish Council on Deafness.

For services to Deaf People. Dr Phillip Andrew Leech, Principal Medical Officer for Primary Care, Department of Health. David Graham Lendon, Chair, Lincolnshire Business Education Trust. For services to Education. David Ross Leslie, Service Development manager, City of Edinburgh Council.

For services to Local Government. Mrs Dorothy Eva Levy, Formerly Educational consultant, Attention Deficit Disorders Information Services. For services to Special Needs Education. Dennis Licence, Managing director, First Trust Bank. For services to Banking and to the community in Northern Ireland. Miss Ceinwen Susan Jane Lloyd, Branch manager (Births and Deaths).

General Register Office, Southport, Office for National Statistics. Thomas Paul Lloyd, Grade 7, Disability and Carers Service, Department for Work and Pensions. Ralph David Luck, Director, English Partnerships.

For services to Urban Regeneration. Mrs Jacqueline Elizabeth Lythell, Alderman, Brighton and Hove City Council. For services to the community in Brighton and Hove.

Gavin Anderson Mackay, MBE, Grade 7, Prime Minister's Office. Andrew Makepeace, Project Sponsor, Parliamentary Estates Directorate, House of Commons. Dr Michael Maloney, Freelance Photographer.

For services to Photojournalism. John Malynn, Team Leader, School Inspection and OFSTED Corporate Relations Unit, Local Authority Performance Division, Department for Education and Skills. Professor Gerald Manners, Chair, Association of Charitable Foundations. For charitable services. Mrs Wendy Rita Marrable, Formerly Special Investigation Section Team Leader, Inland Revenue. Brian Peter Marsh, For services to Business and to the Marsh Christian Trust in London. John Marshall, Consultant, Marshall Construction.

For services to the Construction Industry and to the community in Clackmannanshire. Simon McBurney, Actor and Artistic director, Theatre de Complicite. For services to Drama. Dr Norman Keith Ian McIver, For services to Diving Safety. Mrs Sheila Mary McKinley, Head, Producer Responsibility Unit, Waste Management Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. James Malcolm McManners, Headteacher, Cassop Primary School, Durham.

For services to Education. Roger James Mercer, Formerly secretary, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. For services to Archaeology. Professor Victor Thomas Charles Middleton, For services to Tourism. William Ian Mitchell, For services to Housing in Scotland. Dr Peter Douglas Molyneux, Chief executive Officer, Lionhead Studios. For services to the Computer Video Games Industry. Colin Stuart Montgomerie, MBE, For services to Golf. The Rt Rev Alan Wyndham Morgan, For services to the community in Nottinghamshire. Philip Jonathan Clifford Mould, Honorary Arts Adviser to the Houses of Parliament. Professor Charles William Munn, Chief executive, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland. For services to Banking. Dr Wadi Yusuf Nassar, For services to Community Relations in Manchester. Peter Andrew Nicholson, Head, Newham Youth Offending Services. For services to Youth

and Community Justice, London. Derek Norcross, DL, For services to the community in East Sussex. O'Connor, Michael Anthony, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Yvonne Margaret Osman, Member, Scottish Legal Aid Board. For services to the Administration of Justice. Geoffrey Palmer, Actor. For services to Drama.

Dr Syed Abdul-Aziz Pasha, Founder, Union of Muslim Organisations. For services to Race Relations. Dr John Gordon Paterson, Deputy Chair, UK Screening Committee. For services to Cancer Screening. Frederick Charles Anthony Payne, Formerly General manager, Ordnance Survey, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. David Lee Pearson, MBE, For services to Equestrianism and to Disabled Sport. Anthony William Dunn Pexton, Formerly Chair, Sustainable LINK Programme Management Committee and Assured Combinable Crops. For services to Arable Agriculture. Mrs Janet Dorothy Pickles, Cardiff Women's Safety Unit. For services to Community Safety in South Wales.

Mrs Mary Laird Pitcaithly, Chief executive, Falkirk Council. For services to Local Government. Adrian Mark Pollitt, Director, Office of the Strategic Health Authorities.

For services to the NHS. Samuel David Pollock, For public service. Colin Dunlop Port, Deputy chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to the Police. Miss April Ann Pumfleet, Principal Inspector (Development), Havering Local Education Authority. For services to Education. John James Quigley, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.

Stephen Bradley Quinn, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. Roger George Radford, For services to the Church of England. Donald Raistrick, Head, Knowledge and Information Resources Branch, Department for Constitutional Affairs. David Michael Ronald Reading, Founder, Anaphylaxis Campaign.

For services to People with Allergies. Mrs Shelia Reiter, Chair, WaterVoice Wessex.

For services to the Water Industry. Mrs Sheelagh Elizabeth Richards, Secretary and chief executive, British Association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Margaret Ann Richardson, Curator, Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

For services to Museums. Nigel Robbins, Principal, Cirencester College, Gloucestershire. For services to Further Education and to Training. Miss Shirley Ann Robertson, MBE, For services to Sailing. Kevin Peter James Rogers, Director, HM Prison Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. For services to the Contracted-Out Prison Service.

Sarindar Singh Sahota, Chair, SRB 6 North West Corridors of Regeneration. For services to the community in Handsworth, Birmingham. Anthony Paul Sangwine, Specialist Adviser, Horticulture and Nature Conservation, Highways Agency. Christopher Andrew Saunders, For services to Save the Children UK. Neil Scales, Chief executive and director general, Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Executive. For services to Public Transport. Robert Leslie Scott, Formerly Acting director, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. For services to Museums. Robert William Lowry Scott, DL, Formerly Chair, Forestry and Timber Association. For services to Forestry.

Stephen Francis Seaber, Chief Fire Officer, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Rescue Service. Rodney Horrocks Sellers, For services to Business in the North West. Miss Alexandra Shulman, Editor, British Vogue. For services to the Magazine Industry. Mrs Pamela Minerva Odette Singh, Formerly Headteacher, Pope John Roman Catholic Primary School, Shepherds Bush, London. For services to Education. Guy Sizeland, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. David Ronald Smith, Regional Home Office director, Government Office for the North West. Philip John Snell, Grade 7, Special Educational Needs Policy Framework and Transition Team, Department for Education and Skills. Ms Mary Arlene Anne Spiers, Chief executive, Ulster Cancer Foundation. For services to Healthcare.

Bernard Geoffrey Spittle, For services to Sports Administration. Christopher Austin Stendall, Grade 7, Regeneration Sponsorship Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. David William Edmund Sterry, Chief executive, May Gurney Integrated Services plc. For services to Civil Engineering.

Mrs Angela Patricia Stones, Headteacher, McMillan Nursery School, Kingston-uponHull. For services to Early Years Education.

Peter Stoppard, For services to the community in the South West. Kenneth Graham Stott, For services to the Willow Industry in the South West. John Richard Thomas Sullivan, Writer. For services to Drama. Mrs Stacey Tasker, Formerly Governor, HMPrison Leeds. Anthony Bichard Taylor, Chair, Borders NHS Board. For services to the NHS and to Business in Scotland. Peter Tebbit, National Palliative Care Development Adviser, National Council for Palliative Care. For services to Healthcare. Leslie Thomas, Writer. For services to Literature.

Councillor William Humphrey Thomas, Formerly Chair, Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust. For services to the NHS in the West Midlands. Mrs Ling Thompson, Head of International Affairs, Royal Society. For services to Science. Alan Sidney Tobias, Chair, Essex Probation Board. For services to the National Probation Service and to Community Relations.

Roger Townsend, Deputy Field director, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. John Colin Turner, Chair, Advisory Committee on Packaging. For services to Waste Management. Mark Vaughan, Founder and Co-director, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education. For services to Inclusion in Education. Professor Susan Mary Vinnicombe, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management, Cranfield School of Management. For services to Diversity. Sadru Visram, Chair, ASRA Greater London Housing Association.

For services to Social Housing. George Vongas, Grade B2, Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence. Ms Marjorie Henderson Walker, Joint managing director, Walkers Shortbread Ltd. For services to Business and Exports. Michael Walker, Formerly vice-Chair, NHS Lothian and Consul for Finland. For services to the NHS and to the community in Edinburgh.

Graham Ward, Chair, National Farmers' Union Horticulture Board. For services to Horticulture. Ms Caroline Anne (Mrs Thomas) Warne, JP, Chair, International Standards Organisation's Committee on Consumer Policy. For services to Consumers. Dr Peter Alan Waterman, Producer and Composer. For services to Music.

Michael Reginald White, Emeritus Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster. For services to Labour Market Policy. Professor David Keith Whittaker, Professor of Forensic Dentistry, University of Wales College of Medicine. For services to Forensic Dentistry. Dr Stephen Thomas Whittle, For services to Gender Issues.

Bradley Marc Wiggins, Cyclist. For services to Sport. Tom Wilkinson, Actor. For services to Drama. John Williams, QFSM, Firemaster, Grampian Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. John Goodall Wilson, Formerly Headteacher, College House Junior School. For services to Education and to the community in Nottingham.

Dr Winston Reginald Withey, Technical director, Centre for Human Sciences, QinetiQ. For services to the Armed Forces. Mark Worthington, Private secretary to Lady Thatcher.

MBE Professor Michael George Abramson, Head, Combined Honours Unit, University of Central Lancashire. For services to Higher Education. Stanley Malcolm Ackroyd, Community Centre manager, Idle Ward, Bradford Metropolitan District Council. For services to Disabled People. Fred Adams, Hospital Porter, Scarborough Hospital. For services to the NHS in North East Yorkshire.

Dr Hari Pada Adhikary, For services to the Bengali community in the United Kingdom.

Mrs Jean Elizabeth Agnew, For services to the community in St. Georges, WestonSuper-Mare. Mrs Zakia Masud Ahmed, Black and Minority Ethnic Development Worker, Special Needs Advisory Project. For services to the community in Wales.

Mohammad Akram, Senior Policy Adviser, Finance, Department of Trade and Industry.

Jack Alexander, For services to Entertainment in Scotland. Thomas Alexander, For services to Entertainment in Scotland. John Alvis, Managing director, Alvis Bros Ltd. For services to Agriculture in the South West.

George Anderson, Formerly head of School of Horticulture, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. For services to Horticultural Education. James Allan Anderson, For services to Disabled Sport. Ms Janet Anderson, For services to the community in Greater Easterhouse, Glasgow. Mrs Margaret Anderton, Member, Council for Award in Children's Care and Education. For services to Childcare. Peter John Antonelli, Music Development Officer, Preston Lodge High School, East Lothian. For services to Music Education. Ms Anjum Anwar, For services to the community in Lancashire. Mrs Judith Archer, Head of Student Support, Hampshire County Council. For services to Higher Education. Miss Elizabeth Joan Arendt, For charitable services. Peter Arnold, For services to Alderney's Heritage. Mrs Patricia Ann Ashdown, Personal assistant, Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS. David Richard Guy

Astbury, Producer and Presenter, British Forces Broadcasting Service. For services to Broadcasting. Mrs Rosemary Avis Augar, Field Officer, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. For services to Young People in Malling, Kent. Ms Sarah Ayton, For services to Sailing. Paul Ralph Roy Backhouse, Systems manager, Lancashire Magistrates' Courts. For services to the Administration of Justice. Mrs Balbir Bahrha, Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. Bruce Trevor Bailey, Formerly Area Operations manager, Southern England, Inland Revenue. Douglas Bailey, Driver and Trade Union Representative, Stagecoach. For services to Passenger Transport in Lancashire. Miss Rosemary Janet Bailey, Disability Adviser, Hertfordshire Guiding. For services to Young People. Mrs Rachel Frances Baker, Foster Carer. For services to Children in York. Mrs Valerie Baldry, Social Survey Field Interviewer, Office of National Statistics.

Mrs Alison Jane Balsamini, Teaching assistant, Settle Middle School, North Yorkshire. For services to Education. Mrs Deborah Joan Barber, Director, South of England Agricultural Society. For services to Agriculture.

Allan Cameron Barclay, For services to the community in Golspie, Sutherland. Brian Barnes, Artist. For services to the community in Battersea, London. Mrs Ann Elizabeth Barr, Bursar, The Mosslands School, Wallasey, Wirral. For services to Education.

Mrs Marion Barrett, For services to the community in Lancashire. Mrs Barbara Anne Bartlett, Personal secretary, HM Prison Service Headquarters. Michael Bartlett, For services to the community in Norfolk. Richard Anthony Bartlett, Administrative Officer, Independent Education and Boarding Team, School Transport, Safety & Independent Education Division, Department for Education and Skills. Mrs Elizabeth Mary Barton, Foster Carer. For services to Children and Families in Portsmouth. Mrs Kathleen Muriel Bass, Formerly Academic Counsellor, The Hewett School, Norwich. For services to Education.

Peter John Bath, For services to Business and to Charity in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Miss Wendy Baum, Teacher, Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden, London.

For services to Education. Miss Virginia Anne Beal, Grade E1, Ministry of Defence.

Peter Leslie Beales, President, Royal National Rose Society. For services to Horticulture. Robert Mervyn Beales, Formerly Higher Executive Officer and Chair, Trade Union Side, Rural Payments Agency. Gerald Bee, Principal Officer, HM Prison Full Sutton, North Yorkshire. Malcolm Belchamber, For services to the community in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Colin Bell, For services to the community in Manchester.

Trevor Lionel Bennett, For charitable services in Leicester. William Berry, For services to Judo. Ian Hartley Berwick, General secretary, UK Vineyard Association. For services to the Wine Industry. Colin Willoughby Beswick, Councillor. For services to the community in Durham. Antony Lawrence Blackler, For services to Conservation in Cornwall. Miss Patricia Blaize, Administrative Officer, Health and Safety Executive. Mrs Glynis Geraldine Bliss, For services to Victim Support Service. Miss Andrea Lorraine Blower, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Estelle Mary Blyth, For services to the community in Sheringham, Norfolk. Alan Booth, Scarborough Town Crier and Co-owner, Ryedale Hotel. For services to Tourism and to the community in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Mrs Vivien Eleanor Pleydell-Bouverie, President, Anglia Region of Girlguiding. For services to Young People. Ms Margaret Mary Bowden, Higher

Executive Officer, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office. Miss Kathleen Bowerbank, For charitable services in Suffolk and Norfolk. Mrs Jennifer Bowers, Executive Officer, Pension Service, Department for Work and Pensions. Mrs Alice Patricia Bradley, Co-ordinator and Founder, Fellowship House Children's Centre, Newham, London. For services to Children. Donald Charles Brand, Consultant to the Social Care Institute for Excellence. For services to Social Care. Robin Bream, Senior Executive Officer, Post 16 Equal Opportunities Policy Team, Learning and Skills Partnerships Unit, Department for Education and Skills. Colin Brierley, For services to the community in Gorton, Manchester. Mrs Elsie Marina Bright, Captain, 1st Spalding Company, The Girls' Brigade, Lincolnshire. For services to Young People. John Brimble, For services to the Heritage of the Black Country, West Midlands.

Mrs Linda Christine Brook, Schools Finance Support Officer, City of York Council. For services to Education. Martin Slater Brookes, DL, JP, For services to the community in Telford, Shropshire. Dr Ronald Burgess Broughton, For services to Freshwater Fisheries in the North West. David Brown, JP, For services to the community in Northumberland. Mrs Lorna HamiltonBrown, For services to the community in Leicestershire. The Rev Louise Margaret Brown, For services to the community in Dedworth, Windsor, Berkshire. Raymond Arthur Brown, For services to the Environment Agency. Miss Yvonne Patricia Brown, Senior Personal secretary, Community Cohesion Unit, Communities Group, Home Office. Mrs Jill Brownsword, Administrative Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. Dr Michael John Bruton, Chairman, The Disabled Ramblers. For services to Disabled People. Neil Buchan, Board Member, Institution

of Civil Engineers Municipal Group. For services to Municipal Engineering and to the Transport Industry in Scotland. Andrew Richard Bunting, District Scout Leader, Hatfield Forest, Essex.

For services to Young People. Alan Burns, Member, Aberdeenshire Children's Panel.

For services to Children in Scotland. Ms Christine Burns, Formerly vice-president of Press for Change. For services to Gender Issues. Hugh Clark Burns, For services to Children with Special Needs in Gibshill, Greenock, Renfrewshire. Professor Roger Burridge, For services to the Health and Safety Executive. Mrs Anne Patricia Burrowes, For services to the community in Dorrington, Lincoln. David Arthur Byatt, For services to the community in Moray. Robert Callahan, For services to Gymnastics. Mrs Margaret Cameron, Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Scotland. Darren Andrew Campbell, Sprinter. For services to Athletics. Mrs Margretta Maud Campbell, School Crossing Warden, South Eastern Education and Library Board. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. Mrs Sheila Elizabeth Jill Campbell, Member, Castle Morpeth Borough Council. For services to the community in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Jerome Weir Cant, Formerly Finance and Administration manager, HM Prison Glenochil. Dr David James Carmichael, Managing director, Battle and Pears Ltd. For services to Agricultural Research. Mrs Sarah Margaret Cartwright, JP, DL, Formerly Chair, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise.

For services to Business. Bill Cassie, Head, Consumer Protection and Support Services, Aberdeenshire Council. For services to Consumers in Scotland. Dr Alexander John McMurrough Cavenagh, For services to the community in Brecon, Powys. Mrs Janet Chaplin, Assistant chief Probation Officer.

For services to the National Probation Service in South Wales. Miss Sandra Denise Chapman, For services to the RSPCA in Humberside and Lincolnshire. George Robert Chatel, For services to Charities and to the community in the Isle of Man. Alice Mrs Sui Ting Cheung, Restaurateur and Entrepreneur. For services to the Culinary Industry and to the community in Cardiff. Ms Janet Chierchia, For services to Young People with Special Needs and to the community in Hampshire. Stanley Howard Chilcott, For services to the community in Silverton, Devon. Mrs Patricia Zadora-Chrzastowska, Management consultant, ThomasZadora Associates. For services to Business in the East Midlands. Michael Peter Clapham, Group Leader, Reading Buses.

For services to Passenger Transport and to the community in Berkshire. Dr Professor Brian ummond Clark, Board Member, Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

For services to the Environment. Geoffrey Harold Clark, Assistant director, Deloitte and Touche. For services to the Ministry of Defence. Lionel James Clark, For services to the Automobile Association. Mrs Morina Clarke, Regional Services manager, Epilepsy Action. For services to People with Epilepsy in Northern Ireland. Mrs Margaret Joyce Cobern, School Crossing Warden, Breamore Primary School, Fordingbridge, Hampshire. For services to Education. Gerald Cole, For services to Heritage and to the community in Kendal, Cumbria.

Mrs Celia Jane Collett, For services to the community in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire. Maj Henry Brett Collier, Area president, Ramblers' Association, Lincolnshire. For services to Recreational Walkers. Terence Collins, For services to the Physically Handicapped and Able-bodied Association in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Brian Connelly, For services to the community in Auchenback, East Renfrewshire. Anthony George Constable, For services to the Civil Service Sports Council.

Edward Robert Coode, Rower. For services to Sport. Gordon John Cook, Station Officer.

For services to the Fire Service in Wick, Caithness. Raymond Cooper, Formerly Site manager, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, Harrow, London. For services to Education. David Nevil Cordon, Founder, Woolpit Arts Festival. For services to the community in Woolpit, Suffolk. The Rev Canon Warrington Graham Corneck, For services to the community in Deptford, London. Mrs Tina Patricia Cornish, Youth Club Leader, Loders Youth Club. For services to Young People in Bridport, Dorset. Maj George Francis Correa, For services to the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund. William Coupar, Director, Involvement and Participation Association. For services to Business.

Keith Richard Cowan, For services to Diversity in Scotland. Mrs Mary Cowie, Catering manager, Seaton Infants School, Workington, Cumbria. For services to Education.

Miss Barbara Amelia Stewart Craig, For services to the National Trust in the West Midlands. Leonard Craig, Group manager, Valuation Office Agency, Manchester. Miss Paula Craig, Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.

Mrs Penelope Ann Creighton, For services to the community on the Isle of Man. Robert Marks Creswell, Corporate Affairs manager, Coolkeeragh Power Limited. For services to the Energy Industry. Mrs Rose Cromb, For services to the Northern Ireland Hospice. Dr John Hedley Cule, For services to Mental Health Care in West Wales. Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Mary Cummings, Assistant Divisional Librarian for Tyrone and Fermanagh. For services to Libraries in Northern Ireland. David Cunningham, Senior Executive Officer, Child Support Agency. Douglas Currie, Councillor, Argyll and Bute Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Strachur and District. Roger William Dangerfield, For services to Health and Safety in the Offshore Industry. Dr Clifford Thomas Dann, For charitable services. John Macdougall Danning, Director of Flight Operations, FR Aviation. For services to the Defence Industry.

Barry George Davies, BBC Sports Commentator. For services to Sports Broadcasting. Mrs Eileen Adelaide Davies, For services to the community in Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire. Lesley Charles Davies, Senior Warden, Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service. For services to the Environment. Keith Daniel Day, Formerly Administrative director, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge.

For services to the NHS. Royston Cecil Denning, Formerly director of Finance and Facilities, Wiltshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mrs Jennifer Mary Dereham, DL, For services to Heathland Housing in Herefordshire. Marlon Ronald Devonish, Sprinter. For services to Athletics. Mrs Marjorie Evelyn Dix, For services to the Myasthenia Gravis Association. Paul Dodd, Deputy Headteacher, Gilmour Junior School, Liverpool. For services to Education and to the community in Liverpool. Miss Clementina Bowie Dodds, For services to the British Red Cross Society in Fife. David Malcolm Doig, For services to the Victim Support Service in Somerset. Mrs Gloria Jean Regina Donaldson, For services to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Mrs Marilyn Dovey, Secretary and Youth Leader, TGI Friary Youth Club. For services to Young People in Salisbury. Samuel Dow, Training Officer, Apex Scotland. For services

to the community in Lanarkshire. Mrs Mary Dowding, Founder and Trustee, Midstream Charity. For services to Disabled People in Lancashire. Robert Draper, For services to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. Mrs Violet Drummond, For services to the community in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Charles Vincent Anstey Duggleby, Broadcaster and Journalist. For services to Financial Services. Miss Anita Jo Dunn, For services to Conservation in Oxfordshire. Robert Dunne, Secretary of the Social Society, Arriva North West & Wales.

For services to Passenger Transport. Frederick John Dyer, For services to the community in Threemilestone, Cornwall. Timothy John Easlea, For public service. Miss Bridget Eccles, Clerk, Churchstow Parish Council. For services to the community in Kingsbridge, Devon. Christopher Edge, Supported Housing manager, Oaklee Housing Association Limited. For services to Social Housing in Northern Ireland. Mrs Margaret Ethel Edgington, County Properties manager for Guiding in Berkshire. For services to Young People. Miss Brenda Edwards, For services to Dance. Maj David James Emery, Community Chaplain, HM Prison Swansea. For services to HM Prison Service and to the community in Swansea.

Mrs Rosemary Ann English, JP, For services to the community in Norwich. Mrs Eileen Eskenzi, For services to the community in Totteridge, London. Mrs Joyce Winifred Farnham, Councillor, Stafford Borough Council and Stone Town Council.

For services to Local Government and to the community in Staffordshire. Mrs Ruth Muriel Fawcett, Chair, Wokingham Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, Berkshire. For services to Education.

Mrs Frances Finlayson, For services to Nursing in Lanarkshire. Richard Edward Finlinson, Chair, Amphion Consortium. For services to Social Housing in London and the South East. Mrs Miriam Thelma Fish, For services to the community in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Craig William Fisken, Senior Assurance Officer, HM Customs and Excise. Mrs Ann Flanagan, For services to the community in Vauxhall, Liverpool. Mrs Edna Gladys Fletcher, For services to Table Tennis. Graham Malcolm Flew, Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. Peter Kenrick Florence, Co-founder and director, The Guardian Hay Festival. For services to Literature. Miss Frances Anderson Floyd, For services to the community in Manchester. Michael Foster, Education manager, Community Services to Youth Justice Agency. For services to the community in Bangor, County Down. Mrs Ann Fowler, Foster Carer, Nottinghamshire. For services to Children and

Families. Timothy John Foxley, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Miss Helen France, Artist. For services to Art and to the community in Leeds. Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis, Sprinter. For services to Athletics. Mrs Edith Franklin, For services to the community in Jersey. James Ivor Frapwell, For services to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars G Squadron Old Comrades' Association. Mrs Bridget Philomena Fraser, For services to Older People in West Dunbartonshire. Mrs Camilla Cormack (Sheila) Fraser, Higher Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. Miss Jill Fraser, Artistic director, Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire. For services to Drama. Mrs Sheila Kathleen Gallagher, School Crossing Warden. For services to Education in London. Peter Edward Gallant, For services to the community in Leeds. Christopher Galvin, Committee secretary, UNISON. For services to the Environment

Agency. Mrs Brij Lata Gandhi, For services to Community Relations and to Charity in Scotland. Jason Carl Gardener, Sprinter. For services to Athletics. Mrs Mary Garrett, Grade C1, Prime Minister's Office. David Gelly, Writer, Musician, and Broadcaster. For services to Jazz Music. Edwin John Gillanders, For services to Agriculture and to Agricultural Journalism. Anthony Stephen Gillon, Administrative Officer, Oldham County Court, The Court Service, Department for Constitutional Affairs. Miss Margaret Ena Glasgow, Tutor, Distance Learning Courses for Teachers of the Deaf, Birmingham, Hertfordshire and Oxford Brookes Universities. For services to Special Needs Education. Mrs Edna Glenton, Teaching assistant, Kingston Park Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to Education. Ms Patricia Irene Goodwin, For services to the community in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Miss Dorothy Gorman, For

services to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service and to the community in Stranraer. Mrs Patricia Ann Goucher, For services to the Eastern Area Sea Cadet Corps. Mrs Lillias Blair Gould, For services to the Ayrshire Council on Alcohol.

Lawrence James Goveas, Member, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to the community in Tyne and Wear.

The Rev John Galbraith Graham, Crossword Compiler. For services to the Newspaper Industry. Sister Eileen Mary Grant, For services to the British Army. Dr Robert Morrison Grant, Chair, Primary Care Group, SCAN (South East Scotland Cancer Network). For services to Healthcare in Fife.

Bruce Sidney Grantham, Site Supervisor, Barry Primary School, Northampton. For services to Education. Malcolm Colborne Gray, Formerly Coxswain, St. David's Lifeboat, Pembrokeshire. For services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. Mrs Morag Graham Gray, Formerly chief executive, Hamilton Park Race Course. For services to Horse Racing. Alexander Nowell Grayson, For services to the community in Woking, Surrey. Mrs Joyce Green, Formerly Detective Inspector, Lancashire Constabulary. For services to the Police. Miss Sadie Greer, For services to St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Miss Carol Gregg, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Joseph Walter Griffiths, Councillor, Powys County Council. For services to the community in Powys. Robert James David Gulliford, Councillor, Blaenavon Community Council. For services to the Royal British Legion and to the community in Blaenavon, Torfaen. David MacGillvray Gunn, For services to the Glencoe Mountain Rescue, Argyll. Mrs Glenis Guy, Chair, Edward Guy Foundation. For services to the community in the North East. Derek Hall, Works, Quality and Environmental manager, Bovince Ltd. For services to the Environment. Mrs Nishat Hamid, For services to Healthcare in Bristol. Colin Michael Hammond, Founder Member and chief executive, National Organisation for Phobias, Anxiety Neuroses Information and Care. For services to Healthcare. Derek Francis Hammond, Chief inspector, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and to the

community in Surrey.

Merwyn Chambers Hanna, Chair, Kilkeel Fundraising Branch and president, Kilkeel Lifeboat Station. For services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Northern Ireland. Mrs Celia Louise Harding, Founder, Jack and Jill Pre-School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. For services to Early Years Education. Thomas Owens Harrigan, Race Relations Officer, Strathclyde Police.

For services to the Police. Dr Pamela Fay Harrison, Founder, Jeffery Harrison Memorial Trust. For services to Conservation in Kent. Miss Muriel Margaret Hart, Piano Accompanist, Brighton Orpheus Choir. For services to Music and to the community in Brighton and Hove. Richard Humphrey Harvey, Director, Manor Farm Feeds Ltd. , and Chair, Rural Energy Trust. For services to Agriculture in the East Midlands. Mrs Christine Hawkins, For services to the study of Obesity. Councillor Mrs Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes, For services to the community in Bracknell Forest, Berkshire. Mrs Marie Merlyn Hayes, For services to the RSPCA in Norfolk. Lionel Hehir, Executive director, Groundwork Trust, South Tyneside.

For services to the Environment. Mrs Patricia Helsby, Senior Operations manager, HM Customs and Excise. Robert Charles Hepworth, Director, Urban Regeneration and Housing, St. Helens Council. For services to Local Government. Clive Hershman, Chairman, SHARE Commun