ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MBE John Abram, TD, JP, For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in West Mercia. Ms Gillian Bernadette Adams, For services to the Administration of Science. Bashir Ahmed, Senior Regeneration manager, Walsall Housing Regeneration Agency. For services to the community in the West Midlands. Alan Andrew Aitken, For services to the Boys' Brigade in Inverclyde. Dr Aruna Ajitsaria, Deputy Headteacher, Preston Park Primary School, Brent, London. For services to Education.

Mohammad Ali, JP, For services to the community in Derby. Mrs Christine Winifred Allan, Leader, Junior Section, 2nd Alton Company Boys' Brigade, Hampshire. For services to Young People. David Russel Allan, Captain 2nd Alton Company, Boys' Brigade, Hampshire. For services to Young People. Mrs Evelyn Allen, Formerly Patient Advice and Liaison Services manager, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.

Mrs Pauline Melody Allen, For services to the community in Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Mrs Linda Allott, Medical Health Records manager, Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Ernest Michael Amos, Journalist, Northern Echo Newspaper. For services to Journalism in the North East. Dr Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews, DL, Formerly Council Member, Countryside Council for Wales, vice president of RSPB and president, Brecknock Wildlife Trust. For services to Nature Conservation. Mrs Jeanette Marion Appleton, For services to Blind and Partially Sighted People. Gwyn Arch, For services to Music in Berkshire. William George Armitage, For services to business and to the community in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. George Leslie Armstrong, For services to Agriculture and to the community in Cumbria. Mrs Margaret Armstrong, For services to the Arts in Northern Ireland. Mrs

Alice Joyce Arthur, Retained Sub-Officer, Highland and Islands Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in the Shetland Islands. John Graham Ashdown, Formerly Principal Youth Leader, Pensby Youth Club. For services to Young People in the Wirral.

Philip William Marshall Atkinson, Formerly chief Engineer, Maritime Branch, HM Revenue and Customs. Rashid Ahmed Awan, President, Pakistan Society of West Yorkshire. For services to Community Relations. John Bagley, For services to the community in Dover, Kent. Michael Charles Baird, For public service. Mrs Katrina Mary Baker, For voluntary services to the community in Waters Upton, Shropshire. Mrs Susan Kitty Baker, JP, For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire. John Edward Bamford, For charitable services in Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent. Noel Banks, For services to the community in the Cotswolds and Wiltshire. John Henry Bannister, For services to Crofting Agriculture in The Highlands and Islands.

Mrs Ruth Patricia Bannister, Specialist Health Visitor, Central Manchester, and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. Glen Barham, Sergeant, Hampshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. Mrs Kusuma Barnett, Head, Volunteer Service, British Museum. For services to Museums. Michael Ian Max Barnett, Stage Designer and Engineer. For services to the Theatre. Arthur Thomas Barrett, Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser, Zimbabwe, Department for International Development. Dudley Eric Barrow, Group Contact, 16th Sevenoaks Scout Group, Kent. For services to Young People. Professor John Barstow, Professor of Piano, Royal College of Music. For services to Music Education. Mrs Moira Bartlett, For services to the community in Wincanton, Somerset. Fitzroy John Batchelor, For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People in the NHS.

Alan Herbert Bates, DFM, For services to the Warsaw 44 Club. William Jason Bates, For services to the Royal British Legion in Hampshire. Ms Cheryl Bawden, Executive Officer, The Pension Service. Martin Eric Belfort Bax, For services to the Frome Festival and to the community in Frome, Somerset. Ms Janet Beech, Youth Worker, Caxton Youth Organisation, Westminster, London. For services to Young Disabled People. Dr Eileen Bentley, Director, Oldham Music Service and Music Adviser, Oldham Local Education Authority. For services to Education. Ian John Berry, JP, Councillor, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government. David Bettles, JP, For services to the Adminstration of Justice in Halton, Cheshire.

Mrs Sudarshan Bhuhi, For services to the Asian community in East London.

Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Bicker, Chair, Belfast Music Society. For services to Music in Northern Ireland. The Reverend Elizabeth Binns, Assistant Principal Librarian. For services to Local Government in Bury, Greater Manchester. Mrs Valerie Ann Bishop, Grade E2, Ministry of Defence. Ms Adele Blakeborough, Chief executive, Community Action Network. For services to Social Enterprise.

Ninian Vernon Le Blanc, Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Royal Mail. For charitable services. Philip Jackson Bland, Asset Strategy and Planning director, United Utilities Water plc. For services to the Water Industry. Michael Langley Blomer, Chair, Herefordshire Housing. For services to the community in the South Midlands. Arthur Allen Bodgers, JP, Youth Leader, Manchester Youth Service. For services to Young People. Mrs Shirley Ann Bowater, For services to The James Cook University Hospital NHS Trust, Radiotherapy and Oncology Department and Holistic Cancer Care Project. Mrs Margaret Anne Bowdery, President and Footpaths secretary, East Berkshire Branch, Ramblers' Association. For services to Walking. Mrs Catriona Paterson Boyce, For services to the community in Brighton, East Sussex.

Mrs Martie Boyd, Executive director, Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Allan James Brady, Acting Deputy Governor, HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution Holloway, HM Prison Service.

Mrs Patricia Braman, Founder and Chair, Mulberry Heart Association. For services to Healthcare in East London.

William James (Liam) Braniff, For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Mrs Alene Branton, Founder and former director, National Neighbourhood Watch Association, Humberside Police. For services to the community in Humberside. Dr Anne Dorothea Brian, For services to Conservation in Herefordshire. Thomas Wilfred Peter Bridges, JP, DL, For services to the community in Oxford. Graham Nigel Broom, Director, IS/IT, Cambridgeshire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

Mrs Constance Ann Brown, Fish and Chip Shop Proprietor. For services to Business and to the community in Pembrokeshire. Mervyn Sherwood Brown, For services to People with Heart Problems in Harrow and Brent, Greater London. William John Brown, Chair, Engineering Training Council. For services to the Engineering Industry in Northern Ireland. Mrs Joanna Bruce, Leader, Teme Valley Youth Project, Herefordshire. For services to Young People. Dr George Arthur Buckley, Member, Rushcliffe Borough Council. For services to Local Government in the East Midlands.

Mrs Margaret Isobel Mae Burke, Director, Academic and Information Services, Stranmillis University College, Belfast. For services to Higher Education. Herbert Noel Burns, For services to Animal Health. Colin Busby, Deputy Headteacher, Lady Margaret Secondary School, Fulham, London. For services to Education. Lt Cdr (S) Reginald William Bush, RNVR, For services to the community in Sandon, Essex. Ms Sarah Frances Bush, Formerly Staff Disability Network Co-ordinator, HM Revenue and Customs. Dr Christopher John Butler, Formerly Research Astronomer, Armagh Observatory. For services to Science. Dr Robin David Buxton, Chair, Northmoor Trust and Oxford Nature Conservation Forum. For services to the Environment. Michael Landon Byrne, For services to Disabled Children in the Wirral, Merseyside. Mrs Peggy Cadwallader, For services to the community in North East Lincolnshire. Michael Andrew Caines, Chef.

For services to the Hospitality Industry. George Anthony Caldwell, For charitable services for the Leukaemia Research Fund. Mrs Jean Henderson Cameron, For services to the Girls' Brigade in the Lothians. Mrs Margaret Jean Cann, Administrative assistant, Child Support Agency. Frederick William Carder, TD, For services to the community in Whitmore, Staffordshire. Miss Mary Phyllis Case, For services to the Funeral Profession. John Gilbert Henry Cave, For services to the Holyhead Maritime Museum and to the community in Holyhead, Anglesey. Hussein Chalayan, Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry. Thomas Joseph Chambers, Principal Teacher, Art and Design, Govan High School, Glasgow. For services to Education. Robert Chase, Senior chief Pacemaker Technician, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Miss Christine Mary Cheape, Triple Duty Nurse, Blair Atholl, Perthshire. For services to Healthcare. Hugh Gordon Chubb, For services to the community in Surrey. Mrs Catherine McDonald Clark, For services to Enable in Dunbartonshire. Mrs Eileen Elisabeth Clayton, For services to the Ffestinniog Railway, North Wales. Christopher John Mansell Coburn, For services to Inland Waterways. Mrs Dilys Elizabeth Colbourne, For services to the community in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. Mrs Sue Cole, For services to the community in Meigle, Perthshire. John Collier, For services to the community in Warwickshire. Mrs Joyce Helen Conway, Staff-Side Lead, Agenda for Change Project, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Brian Francis Conyon, President, Cornwall County Football Association. For services to Sport. Mrs Kathleen Cook, Formerly Teaching assistant, Highover JMI School,

Hitchin, Hertfordshire. For services to Education. Mrs Marian Cook, For services to the Anwen Little Theatre, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. Alan Cooke, For services to the community in Fleetwood, Lancashire. John Frederick Cooper, For services to the community in Lancashire. Mrs Agnes Cormack, Chair, Linthouse Housing Association. For services to Social Housing in Glasgow. Councillor Malcolm Franciscoe James Cotterell, Member, Fenland District Council. For services to the community in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Mrs Anne Margaret Cowan, For services to the community in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mrs Rosemary Cox, For services to Victim Support and to the community in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey. Mrs Audrey Cranmer, Foster Carer, North Yorkshire. For services to Children and Families. Keith Cranmer, Foster Carer, North Yorkshire. For services to Children and Families. Andrew Kent Crawford, For services to the community in Linlithgow, West Lothian. David Henry Crawshaw, Regional Catchment manager, United Utilities plc. For services to the Water Industry. Ms Amanda Clare Croome, For services to Homeless People in Manchester. Dr George Brian Crosby, For services to Durham Cathedral. Mrs Diana Cramond Cross, For services to the community in St. Austell, Cornwall. Craig Crowley, Chair, UK Deaf Sport. For services to Sport. Michael John Croxford, Formerly head, Newport Wastesavers. For services to the Environment

in Wales. Harrington Delisle Cumberbatch, For services to African Caribbean People with Mental Health Problems in Tower Hamlets, London.

Stephen Buchanan Curtis, Powerboat Racer. For services to Sport. Mrs Beatrice Cuthbertson, For services to the community in Darlington, County Durham.

Kenneth McKenzie-Cyrus, For services to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Mrs Joan Dales, For services to Nursing in Northern Ireland. Mrs Myrtle Drury-Dalzell, For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Robert Ernest Molyneux Davey, For services to Church Restoration in Norfolk. Dr David Cunningham Davidson, General Medical Practitioner and Primary Care Lead, Have a Heart Paisley. For services to Healthcare in the West of Scotland. Mrs Gillean Mary Irene Davidson, For services to Children in the UK and India.

Bryan Davies, Outreach Worker in East Durham. For services to Young People.

Mrs Marion Gertrude Davies, Teaching assistant, Horbury Primary School, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. For services to Education. Peter Dawson, Head of Year, Copleston High School, Ipswich, Suffolk. For services to Education. Mrs Wendy Christine Daykin, Foster Carer, Sheffield City Council. For services to Children and Families. Mrs Ann Tydd Daymond, Chair, The Towersey Foundation. For services to Terminally Ill People. Mrs Geraldine Debenham, Hospital Voluntary Services manager, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Mrs Carole Dennis, For services to Neighbourhood Watch in Colchester, Essex. Mrs Catherine Derries, For services to the community in Cardross, Argyll and Bute. Mrs Linda Dewis, Senior Youth Worker, Coventry City Council. For services to Young People. Mohindra Dhall, Founder, Scottish Indian Arts Forum. For services to the Arts in Scotland. Mrs Avril Diplock, Headteacher,

Trefechan Nursery School. For services to Early Years Education and to the community in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Gerard Docherty, Managing director, Real Time Engineering. For services to Industry. Adrian Matthew Donaldson, Chief executive, Castlereagh Borough Council. For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland. Mrs Margaret Douglas, Office manager, Lancashire Police. For services to the Police. Mrs Catherine Ann Dowling, Head of Midwifery, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to the NHS in Wales. David Down, For services to the Sea Training Corps in Great Yarmouth. Mrs Patricia Ann Downing, Vice-Chair, Kent Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Andrew Doyle, Chair, Enable Advisory Committee. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland. Miss Rita Anne Drake, Formerly Messenger, Department of Trade and Industry.

Canon Richard Draper, Founder and Project director, Benjamin Foundation. For services to Young People in North Norfolk. David Ernest Drew, For services to Dance. Mrs Zillah Elizabeth Driver, For services to the community in Hertford. Barry Stephen Duffin, Site manager, Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve. For services to Nature Conservation in Hampshire. The Reverend Angela Marion Dugdale, DL, Musical director, Kelling Choirs. For services to Music. Miss Anne Winifred Swinnerton Dyer, Trustee, Westhope Craft College, Craven Arms, Shropshire. For services to Learning and to Skills.

Raymond Henry Dyer, Director, Suffolk Young People's Theatre. For services to Drama. Mrs Ruth Eagles, Education manager, HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution, Cookham Wood, Rochester. For services to the community in Kent. Joseph Henry Eagleson, Chief executive, Enterprise Ulster. For services to Training and to the community in Northern Ireland. Edward Percy Earle, Clerk of Works, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Reigate, Surrey. For services to Education. John Denzil Ede, Member, Mayor of Bath's Corps of Honorary Guides. For services to the Tourist Industry in Bath, Somerset. Glyn Edwards, Chief executive, Antisoma plc. For services to the Biotechnology Industry. Mrs Jill Edwards, For services to Golf in Wales. Alexander Wilson Elliott, Chair, Killesher and Cleenish Community Care Association. For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Mrs Doreen Ellis, Senior Executive

Officer, The Pension Service. Geoffrey Ellis, For public service. Mrs Angela Joy Elmy, Usher, Alton Magistrates Court, Her Majesty's Courts Service. Peter English, JP, DL, For services to the community in Mid-Wales. John Erskine, For services to the community in Merseyside. Mrs Florence Elizabeth Essex, For services to the community in Yeovil, Somerset.

James Essex, For services to the community in Yeovil, Somerset. Dr Barbara Karyn Wynne-Evans, Formerly General Medical Practitioner, Rhayader, Powys. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Hilary Anne Evans, Departmental Records Officer, Health and Safety Executive. Gordon Edwin Everard, Principal Officer, HM Prison Lancaster Castle, HM Prison Service. Mrs Patricia Farrington, For services to Radiography and to the community in Islay. Mrs Valerie Dawn Fear, For services to Disabled People in Bath. Miss Angela Fenwick, Formerly manager Detection, HM Revenue and Customs. Barry Ferguson, Captain Glasgow Rangers Football Team and Scotland Team Captain. For services to Sport. Gerald Robin Arthur Ferrett, For services to the Royal British Legion.

John Ferrington, Chair of Governors, Ercall Wood Technology College, Telford. For services to Education. Mrs Carol Rees-Field, Formerly Teacher, Ysgol Gwaenynog, Denbigh. For services to Primary Education in Denbighshire.

Miss Hilda Fielding, For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Lancashire. Henry John Dunn Finchett, For services to the community in Somerset.

John Herbert Fitzjohn, Head, Community Fire Safety, Mid and West Wales Fire Authority. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service. Melvin John Fletcher, Parking Control Officer, Nottingham Trent University. For services to Higher Education. Michael Flynn, Superintendent, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For services to Animal Welfare in Scotland. Kenneth Desmond Forbes, Director, Environmental Services, Banbridge District Council. For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland. Mrs Sarah Jane Fort, Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. Hugh Morrison Foster, President, Northern Ireland Cycling Federation and manager, Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 2006 Cycling Squad. For services to Sport. Mrs Doreen Fowler, Operational Support Grade, HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution Styal, Cheshire, HM Prison Service. Alexander James Hall Fox, For services to the community

in Staffordshire. Mrs Marjorie Joan Francis, For services to the Agricultural community in Carmarthenshire. Mrs Gloria Penelope Fraser, For services to Healthcare in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Gerald Frobisher, For services to the Voluntary Sector and to the community in Denbighshire. Mrs Angela Fugaccia, Waitress. For services to the Hospitality Industry. Donald Spiers Fullarton, For services to the community in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. Mrs Judith Ann Gain, For services to the community in Farnham, Surrey. John Stuart Gallagher, Director, Pell Frischmann Consulting Engineers. For services to the Civil Engineering Industry. Mrs Sylvia Lawson Gallagher, For services to the community in Cumbria and Overseas.

Colin Gardner, For charitable services in Gloucester. Garry Garmston, Watch manager, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Mrs Felicity Jane Gault, Volunteer Learning Support assistant, St. Mary and St. Paul's First School, South Harting, Hampshire. For services to Education.

David Scarffe Gawne, For services to Crossroads Caring for Carers in the Isle of Man. Dr John Geater, For charitable services. John William George, Bus Driver, Travel Coventry. For services to Public Transport and to Charity. William Gibson, Prison Officer, HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution Onley, Warwickshire, HM Prison Service. Hugh Gilgunn, Technician, East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education. For services to Further Education and to Training in Northern Ireland. Andrew John Gillman, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Graham Goode, Head of Furnishing, Palace of Westminster. Brian Goodfellow, Director, Safeguard Health & Safety Limited. For services to Health and Safety in Northern Ireland. John Strathearn Gordon, JP, For services to the community in Newport, Essex. Mrs Jean Gorringe, School Crossing Warden, St. James Primary School, Westhoughton, Lancashire. For services

to Education. John Meldon Govier, For services to the community and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Sidmouth, Devon. Marvin John Gowdy, For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Dr John Francis Grace, General Medical Practitioner, Higham, Rochester. For services to Healthcare.

Allan James Grafton, JP, For services to the community in Gorton, Manchester.

Miss Katherine Grainger, Rower. For services to Sport. Philip Richard Greed, For services to Agriculture in Devon.

Andrew Kenneth Francis Green, Chair, Headway Charity. For services to the community in Jersey. Mrs Carol Green, For services to the Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Association in South Yorkshire. Mrs Margaret Ann Greiff, For services to Inter Care (Medicines for Africa). Mrs Judith Ann Griffin, JP, DL, For services to the community in the Isle of Wight. Mrs Gillian Grigg, For services to War Pensioners. David Richard Groom, Highways Maintenance Engineer, Cambridgeshire County Council. For services to Local Government. Ms Sheila Gupta, Director of Human Resources, City University. For services to Higher Education. Denzil Lewis Hackford, Chair, Governing Body Ysgol Penmaes, Brecon. For services to Education in Powys. Ms Eileen Hales, Health Care assistant and UNISON Steward, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Christopher David Hall, For services to Medical

Research. Mrs Joy Suzanne Hall, For services to the community in South East London. Simon Andrew Dalton Hall, For services to Charity and to Education.

David Stewart Hamilton, Formerly Legal Adviser, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. Mrs Judith Handford, For services to the community in Leicestershire. Paul Handford, Sergeant, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police. Mrs Margaret Hands, Formerly Service manager for Older People, Ceredigion. For services to Social Care. Byron Hanna, Chair, Hartlepool New Deal for Communities. For services to the community in Hartlepool. Miss Margaret Millar Harcus, For services to the community in Papa Westray, Orkney Isles.

Philip Rolf Harding, Head, Sustainable Business, Government Office for the South West, Department for Communities and Local Government. Mrs Janet Harris, President, Selsey Carers' Support Group. For services to the community in Selsey, West Sussex. Mrs Margaret Buckley-Harris, For services to Cancer Services in Wales. Mrs Catherine Winifred Beatrice Hart, Home Help, Homefirst Community Trust. For services to the community in Northern Ireland. John Patrick Hawker, For services to Radio Communications. Ms Tracy Hegarty, Board Member, Women in Enterprise. For services to Business in Northern Ireland. Christopher Heitzmann, For services to the community in Berkshire. Mrs Elizabeth Hellmich, For services to the community in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Mrs Gerardine Hemingway, Founder, Red or Dead and Hemingway Design. For services to the Design and Fashion Industries.

Wayne Andrew Hemingway, Founder, Red or Dead and Hemingway Design. For services to the Design and Fashion Industries. Miss Ann Laird Henderson, For services to the Girl Guides in Scotland. Arthur Thomas Henderson, Chair, Board of Governors, Linn Primary School, Larne. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. Russell Audley Ferdinand Henderson, For services to Music. Thomas Alexander Henderson, Production Computer Aided Design Technician, Babcock Engineering Services. For services to the Defence Industry. Mrs Irene Hendrie, Administration Officer, Jobcentre Plus. Michael John Hepworth, JP, Senior Professional Technology Officer, Vehicle Certification Agency. Maj James Anthony Hibbert, MC, For services to Tourism and to Sailing in Cornwall. Mrs Jean Elizabeth Higham, For services to OXFAM. Mrs Karen Hill, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Yvonne Hill, Headteacher, Great Ormond Street

Hospital School, London. For services to Education. Dr Brian John Coles Hinton, Honorary Librarian, Julia Margaret Cameron Trust. For services to the Arts. Mrs Susan Jane Hoggarth, JP, For services to the community in Warminster, Wiltshire. Mrs Barbara Joan Holmes, Manager, Criminal Justice Unit, Essex Police. For services to the Criminal Justice System in Essex. Ms Sara Jane Helen Holmes, Head, School for Dental Care Professionals, University of Portsmouth. For services to Dental Education. Alan Geoffrey Hopper, For services to the Fishing Industry. Simon Paterson Horsburgh, Higher Investigation Officer, HM Revenue and Customs.

Colin Leslie Howell, Senior Executive Officer, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Mrs Desiree Howells, For services to the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. Richard John Hudson, Swimmer. For services to Disabled Sport. Mrs Hilary Hughes, For services to Home Caring in Conwy. The Reverend Vera Susan Henrietta Hunt, For services to the Spiritual Needs of Deaf People and to the community in Hayes, Middlesex. Mrs Rubina-Ishrat Hussain, JP, For services to the community in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Michael Stephen Hutchinson, Youth Leader, York. For services to Young People. Mrs Ellen Iddon, For services to the community in West Lancashire. Kenneth Vincent Iddon, Formerly president, British Printing Industries Federation. For services to the Print Industry. Dr George Edward Inglis, Strategy Development manager. For services to the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. Mrs

Evelyn Innes, Health Care assistant, Luton. For services to Healthcare. Ms Janine Mireille Irons, Managing director, The Dune Music Company Ltd and Tomorrow's Warriors Ltd. For services to the Music Industry. Robert Jack, For services to Bowls. Mrs Shirley Angela Jackson, For services to the Insolvency Profession. Rabbi Harry Martin Jacobi, For services to the Anglo-Jewish Community. Ian Richard Ernest James, Detective Sergeant, Cleveland Police. For services to the Police. Miss Audrey Charmaine Jayetilleke, For services to the Sri Lanka Christian Association and to Community Relations in the UK.

Michael Henry Vickery Jeans, Independent Board Member, Delivery Challenge Group, Department of Trade and Industry. For public and charitable services.

Ms Elcena Jeffers, For services to the community in South Kilburn, London.

Mrs Diane Jehu, Macmillan Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, North Glamorgan NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Stella Jenkin, For services to Newquay Hospital League of Friends and to the community in Newquay, Cornwall. Geraint Jenkins, Head of Geography, de Stafford School, Caterham, Surrey. For services to Education. Stuart David Frederick Jenkins, Personal Adviser, Connexions Cornwall and Devon. For services to Young People. Mrs Margaret Kay Jepson, Chair, Homewatch Association, Merseyside Police. For services to the community in Merseyside. James Antony Jex, For services to Business and to the community in North East Lincolnshire. Howard Johnson, Administrative Officer, Richard Ley Development Centre, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Mrs Kathleen Una Johnson, For services to the Royal Navy in the Isle of Man. Mrs Madeline Johnson, Teacher, Castle Hill Infant School,

Ipswich, Suffolk. For services to Education. Mrs Margaret Johnson, For services to the Immigration Removal Centres Independent Monitoring Board.

Mrs Rosemary Peta Johnson, For services to the learning disabled in Woking, Surrey. William Johnson, Founder and Treasurer, Kircubbin, Portaferry and District Ploughing Society. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Elisabeth Mary Johnston, For services to the community in the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Miss Hannah Rita Jones, Head, Farm Liaison Team, National Assembly for Wales. Mrs Kathleen Jones, Community Midwife, North East Wales NHS Trust. For services to the Traveller's Community in Wales. Mrs Marie Jones, Formerly Mid-day Meals Supervisor, St. John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Gravesend, Kent. For services to Education. Philip Jones, For services to the community in North Wales. Mrs Pamela Mary Jordan, Member of the Corporation, College of North West London. For services to Further Education. Stephen Frederick Joynes, Hotel Proprietor. For services to the Hospitality Industry in the Midlands. Mrs Helen Kane, For services to the Credit Union Movement in Glasgow. Mrs Annabel Karmel, For services to Nutrition for Children. Ms Jackie Kay, Poet and Novelist. For services to Literature.

Mrs Ann Keane, Messenger, Cabinet Office. Mrs Alice Keenan, For services to Children in Alnwick, Northumberland.

John Kennedy, For services to Music in Northern Ireland. Mrs Rhoda Elizabeth Key, For services to Macmillan Cancer Relief (Brixham Committee), Devon. Ms Elaine Kilgannon, Cancer Services Lead manager, South Tyneside NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. Graham John King, President, Bournemouth Battalion Boys' Brigade. For services to Young People. Allan Macdonald Knapp, For services to the community in Oldburyon-Severn, Gloucestershire. Ms Beverley Knight, Singer. For services to Music.

Alan Knights, For services to the Environment in the South West. Mrs Karen Elisabeth Knowles, New Deal for Communities Outreach Worker, Jobcentre Plus. Bernard Lancaster, Coach and Co-Founder, Banks Gymnastics Club. For services to Sport in the North West.

Mrs Valerie Ann Lancaster, Coach and Co-Founder, Banks Gymnastics Club. For services to Sport in the North West.

Mrs Evelyn Isabella Lang, Finance director, Motherwell Citizens' Advice Bureau. For services to the community in Lanarkshire. Sqn Ldr Norman Roger Langdon, BEM, Royal Air Force (Retd). For services to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. George Llewellyn Law, Chair, Spitalfields Festival. For services to the community in Spitalfields, London. Alan Lawton, For services to Brass Band Music. Mrs Irene Layton, For services to the community in Halesowen, West Midlands. Christopher Ledger, For services to the Sea Cadet Corps in the South. Mrs Judith Lehmann, Head, Library Services, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to NHS Libraries. Miss Sharon Leigh, Domestic, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Mrs Connie Leith, Conservation Officer, Ferryhill Heritage Society. For services to Heritage in Aberdeen. Mrs Ann Elizabeth Lewis, Audio Typist and Clerk, Ashford Employment Tribunal Office, Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dr Graham John Lewis, Professional Executive Committee Chair, Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust and London Primary Care Modernisation Lead. For services to the NHS.

Christopher Leyland, For services to Elderly People and to the community in Belford, Northumberland. Ms Carmen Lindsay, Founder and Project manager, Camberwell After School Project, Southwark, London. For services to Children and Families. Mrs Kathleen Linnegan, For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Mrs Denise Hermina Lintern, For services to the community in Maidstone, Kent. Roger Noel Linton, Co-Owner, St. Mary's Historic House and Gardens, Bramber, West Sussex. For services to Conservation and the Arts. William Jeffrey Holmes Lodge, For services to the Royal British Legion. Mrs Judith Eileen Lorimer, For services to the community in Troon, Ayrshire. John William Love, For public service. Miss Patricia Ann Lovell, Senior Selector, England Women's Cricket Team. For services to Sport. Eric Harold Jackson Lowe, For services to Older People in Cumbria. Miss Pauline Lowe, Formerly

Laboratory manager, City Hospital, Birmingham. For services to the NHS. David Luckes, For services to the London 2012 Olympic Bid. William Leslie Lyness, For public service. Mrs Christina Macdonald, For services to Crofting and to the community in North Uist, Western Isles. John Mackenzie, President, Camanachd Association. For services to Shinty. Professor William James Maclean, Research Professor of Fine Art, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and to Art. Mrs Lyndall MacWilliam, For services to the Royal Blind School, Edinburgh. Thomas Merlin Maddock, Designer and Inventor. For services to Business and to the community in South Wales and Stafford County Town. Councillor Stanley William Madeley, For services to the community in Walsall, West Midlands.

Mrs Irene Margaret Magee, For public service. Mrs Diana Maiden, Paediatric Support Team, Worcestershire South Portage Service. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. Michael John De Maine, RD, Senior Scientist, Scottish Crop Research Institute. For services to Agricultural and Biological Research. Mrs Geslyn Agatha Malcom, Treasurer, Pineapple Luncheon Club. For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People in South East London. Hugh Malone, For services to the community in Consett, County Durham. Ms Sylvana Mansell, For services to the community in Brightside, Sheffield. Ms Josephine Marley, Executive director, Bryson House, Belfast. For services to the community in Northern Ireland. Dr John Christopher Marsden, For services to Biology. Peter Marsh, Technical director of Informatics, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. John Brian Marshall, Head, Community

Services, Hull Goodwin Development Trust. For services to the community in Hull.

Mrs Patricia Evylnne Marshall, For services to the community in Maidstone, Kent. Mrs Caroline Ruth Martin, Formerly Domestic assistant, Limegrove Special School, Limavady. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. Graham Angus Facks-Martin, Member, North Cornwall District Council. For services to the community in North Cornwall. Harry Mason, For services to the community in West Yorkshire. Mrs Norah Eileen Mason, For services to the community in Edingale, Staffordshire. Michael Hugh McAteer, Grade D, Ministry of Defence.

Mrs Shirley-Ann McBride, Executive Officer, Child Support Agency. Mrs Olwyn McCarthy, Head Chef, Hillsborough Castle. Peter McCrea, Library assistant, Belfast Library. For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland. Robert William McDonald, For public service.

Mrs Margaret O'Neil McDonaugh, For services to the Guernsey Youth Theatre.

William McDougall, Head of Security, Hampden Park, Glasgow. For services to Football. Mrs Catherine McGeoghan, For charitable services. Stuart McInnes, Chair, City of London Drug Abuse Resistance Education Programme. For services to Disadvantaged People. Dr Ian Hume McKee, Formerly General Medical Practitioner, NHS Lothian. For services to Healthcare. Niall McShea, Rally Driver. For services to Motor Sport. Kenneth Measor, Formerly Leader, 2nd Hartlepool Boys' Brigade Company. For services to Young People. Mrs Jeannie Diana Mee, Formerly head, Allied Health Professions, West London Mental Health Trust. For services to Healthcare. Ms Antoinette Meredew, For services to the community in East London. Mrs Dorothy Ann Meredith, For services to the Witness Service in Greater Manchester.

Derek Lawrence Miles, Chief Dental Equipment Technician, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff. For services to the NHS in Wales. Mrs Susan Elizabeth Miles, For services to the community in Newport, Shropshire. Mrs Valerie Miller, For services to the community in Melrose, Scotland. Mrs Hilary Patricia Millett, Medical secretary, Anaesthetic Department, Great Western Hospital, Swindon. For services to the NHS. Robert Paul Millington, Formerly assistant Principal, City College, Coventry. For services to Further Education and to Engineering Training. Mrs Valerie Ann Mills, Housekeeper, Acute Neurology and Acute Stroke Units, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Sheffie Boysie Mohammed, Councillor, Stroud District Council. For services to the community in Gloucestershire. Peter James Mole, Member, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. Mrs Selma Hope Montford, For services to Urban Conservation in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. Reginald Montgomery, For services to the Fishing Industry in Northern Ireland. Mrs Irene Helena Morgan, For services to the community in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. Dewi Jones Morris, Board Member, Derwent Living. For services to Housing in the East Midlands. Gerald Hornby Moxon, Council Member, Yorkshire Beekeepers' Association. For services to the Beekeeping Industry. Mrs Stella Rose Muncaster, School Crossing Warden, London Borough of Hillingdon. For services to Education. Miss Doreen Elizabeth Ann Muskett, Chair, Northern Ireland Amenity Council. For services to the Environment. Mrs Sittika

Nazim, Conference Organiser, Institute of Education, University of London. For services to Higher Education. Mrs Ann Needle, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association. Dr Cyril Nemeth, JP, For public service in London. Ms Anita Newcourt, TD, Manager, Special Facilities, BAA plc, Heathrow. For services to Hospitality. Martin Newman, Founder and Chair, Katie's Ski Tracks. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. Michael Nicholls, Chair of Governors, The Heathland School, Hounslow, London. For services to Education. Ms Joy Nichols, Director and chief executive, Nichols Employment Agency Ltd. For services to Business and to Entrepreneurship. Anthony Noel, Inspector of Taxes, HM Revenue and Customs. Mrs Frances Beatrice Nolan, DL, For public service. Mrs Nancy Norton, JP, Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus. Mrs Muriel Nymark, Formerly Administrator,

Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. For services to Further Education and to Community Training in Northern Ireland. Miss Natalya O'Prey, Executive assistant, London Headquarters, Her Majesty's Courts Service. Mrs Anne Morag Oaten, For services to the Cornwall Church Action with the Unemployed and to Macmillan Cancer Relief in Truro, Cornwall. Mrs Miranda Oladeji, Administrative Officer, Jobcentre Plus. Mrs Rachael Wynne Oldham, Bailiff, Stafford County Court, Her Majesty's Courts Service. Dr Rhian Elin Owen, MacMillan consultant, Palliative Medicine, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. Ms Toni Oxlee, Head of Curriculum - Skills for Life, Medway Adult Community and Learning Service, Kent. For services to Adult Learning. Kevin Brian Page, Chair, Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists. For services to Healthcare. Dr Margaret Anne Palmer, For

services to Nature Conservation. Dr Richard John Palmer, For services to Science Publishing. Mrs Davinder Pangli, JP, Head, Consumer Advice Unit, Trading Standards, Warwickshire County Council. For services to the community in Coventry and Warwickshire. Mrs Annette Louise Parrott, For services to the community in Lairg, Sutherland. Mrs Elizabeth Ann Parrott, Prison Service manager, Prison Service College, Newbold Revel, HM Prison Service.

Desmond Gerard Pastore, For services to Rugby. Mrs Shirley Pate, For services to Age Concern and to the community in Watlington and Chalgrove, Oxfordshire.

Faizal Patel, For services to the community in Blackburn, Lancashire. Mahmoud Mohammed Patel, For services to Community Relations in Gloucester. Mrs Kornelia Patrickson, HIVE Information Officer. For services to the Ministry of Defence. Mrs Erica Susan Pearson, Formerly Senior Pensions Policy manager, NHS Pensions, Department of Health.

Aquila Peasgood, Clerk to the Corporation, Stamford College, Lincolnshire. For services to Further Education. Samuel Edwin Peat, For services to the Royal British Legion in Warwickshire. Ronald Leslie Perry, For services to Milton Keynes Hospital, Buckinghamshire.

Colin Pettener, Road Safety Officer, Shropshire County Road Safety Team. For services to Local Government. Professor Robert Stephen Phillips, Formerly Chair, West Dunbartonshire Children's Panel. For services to Children.

Colin Gerald Philpott, For services to Sport and to the community in Maldon, Essex. Mrs Eileen Dorothy Pitman, Coach and Founder, Portslade Fencing Club. For services to Sport in Sussex.

Mrs Winifred Anne Plummer, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Lincolnshire. Mrs Barbara Pointon, For services to People with Dementia. Herschel Post, Chair, Earthwatch, Europe. For services to the Environment.

Edward Charles Prosser, Inventor. For services to Business and to the community in Wales. Winston Allan Sigismond Pusey, Supervising Usher, Truro Crown and County Court, Her Majesty's Court Service. Dr Angela Jane Puzey, For services to the community in Paglesham, Essex. Martin Hugh Pym, For services to the community in Kent. Ms Linda Diane Quinn, For services to the community in Wales. Ghulam Rabbani, For services to the community in Reigate, Surrey. John Race, Formerly Coxswain, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to the community in Teesmouth. David Rains, For services to Gingerbread and to the community in Ashford, Kent. Eric Michael Randall, Director of Recycling. For services to Waste Management in Northern Ireland.

Ian Leslie Eyre Rands, Vice-Chair, Glastonbury Conservation Society. For services to Conservation in Somerset. Dr Philip Michael Ratcliffe, General Dental Practitioner, Wirral. For services to Dentistry. Mrs Phyllis Ann Rayner, For services to HM Prison Lincoln. Ms Rosalind Redfern, Formerly head Duty Clerk, Prime Minister's Office. Mrs Maureen Reilly, Community Support Officer, BIH Housing Association. For services to Social Housing and to the Chinese Community in Northern Ireland. Alan Thomas Lane Retallack, Manager, St.

Keverne Youth Band, Cornwall. For sevices to Young People. Miss Helen Reynolds, Head of Science, Gosford Hill School, Oxfordshire. For services to Science Education. Thomas Edward Reynolds, For services to the Burma Star Association in Birmingham. Mrs Sylvia Richards, Chair and manager, West Wight Nursery, Isle of Wight. For services to Children. Miles Anthony Richardson, For services to the Citizens' Advice Bureau in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Mrs Valerie Richardson, Chair, Friends of Durham Hospitals. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Barbara Riddell, Adviser, Sure Start and Early Years Education. For services to Education. Ms Janet Ridge, Chief executive, Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity. For services to communities in Bedfordshire. Mrs Catherine Robb, Formerly Discipline Officer, HM Prison Cornton Vale, HM Prison Service. Mrs Doreen Roberts, Formerly Foster Carer, Somerset. For services

to Children and Families. Mrs Kay Winefred Mary Roberts, School Bus Driver, Milton Abbot School, Tavistock, Devon. For services to Education. Mrs Denise Robertson, DL, For services to Broadcasting and to Charity.

John Robertson, President, Newspaper Society. For services to the Newspaper Industry. Keith Robinson, Chair of Governors, Castle View Primary School and the Grange Infant School, Cheshire. For services to Education. Mrs Doris Robson, For services to Older People in Ealing, London. Mrs Judith Brenda Roe, For services to Swimming. John Norman Rostron, Chair of Governors, King George V Sixth Form College, Southport, Lancashire. For services to Further Education. Mrs Valerie Ann Saint, Formerly Legal Counsel, Unilever. For services to the Food Industry and to the community in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Eric Samuel, Chief executive, Community Food Enterprise Ltd. For services to the Food Industry in London. Colin John Sanders, Sub-Officer, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund. Paul David Sanderson, Project manager, WIRE, Wick,

Littlehampton, West Sussex. For services to Young People. John Sankey, For services to the community in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Michael James Sargeant, Team Leader, Environment Agency. For services to Inland Waterways in Bedfordshire. Mrs Eunice May Saunders, Member, Herefordshire Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Herefordshire. Ms Annabel Scarfe, Director of Development, South West London Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS. Mrs Gwendoline Florence Ada Scott, For services to Gosport Victim Support Scheme and to the Citizens' Advice Bureau in Hampshire. Peter Scott, For services to the Railway Preservation Society in Northern Ireland. Mrs Glenda Frances Seager, Administrative Officer, Health and Safety Executive. Michael Selby, For services to the community in Mollington and Backford, Cheshire. Mrs Yasmin Shakur, For services to the community

in Preston, Lancashire. Dev Rattan Sharma, Director, North West Kent Racial Equality Council. For services to the community in Kent. Robert William David Sharp, Chair of the Board, Upminster Windmill Preservation Trust. For services to Conservation in Essex. Mrs Miranda Powell-Shedden, JP, DL, For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Milton Keynes.

Geoffrey David Sherley, Trustee, SKIDZ Foundation. For services to Road Safety. Thomas Alexander Simpson, Regional Visitor Services manager, North Region of Historic Scotland, Scottish Executive. Mrs Joan Beryl Singer, For services to the community in Trafford, Greater Manchester. Harry Skidmore, Chair, Easibind International. For services to Business in the East Midlands.

Mrs Cheryl Sally Sklan, Youth Worker, Masorti Jewish Community, North London. For services to Young People. David Nigel Geoffrey Small, Chair, The Hyde Group. For services to Social Housing in Kent. Alan Jeffrey Smith, Engineering manager, SELEX Integrated Systems. For services to the Defence Industry.

George Smith, For services to the community in Llangollen, Denbighshire. The Reverend Canon Ian Ainsworth-Smith, Chaplain, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London. For services to the NHS.

Mrs Judith Jean Smith, For services to the community in Eltham, London.

Mrs Pamela Smith, For services to Neighbourhood Watch in Ringshall, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Stephen Douglas Smith, For charitable services in Rotherham and South Yorkshire. William Smith, Senior Janitor, Cumnock Academy. For services to Education in East Ayrshire. Alderman William Woolsey Smith, Councillor, Craigavon Borough Council. For services to the community in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Mrs Amarjit Somal, Head, School of English for Speakers of other Languages, East Berkshire College. For services to Further Education. Peter Sotheran, JP, For services to Sir William Turner's Almshouses at Kirkleatham and to the community in Redcar, North Yorkshire. Mrs Jean Spencer, Chair, Bury Pipeline Talking Newspaper. For services to Visually Impaired People in Bury. Michael Gordon Spicer, For services to the community in North Tyneside. Mrs Lorna Spiers, Deputy Principal, Personnel Division, Department for Regional Development, Northern Ireland Executive. Mrs Juliette Spiller, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in London. Mrs Heather Stallard, For services to the community in Hemyock, Devon.

Mrs Marguerite Standing, For services to the NHS and to Disabled People in the West Midlands. Father Cedric Stanley, Chaplain, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex. For services to the NHS. Mrs Margaret Stephenson, For services to the community in Blackhall, County Durham.

Tim Stevens, For services to Broadcasting in Scotland and to Charity. Mrs Shelia Stewart, For services to Scottish Traditional Music. Mrs Geraldine Middleton-Stewart, Head of Registry, Surrey Police. For services to the Police.

Robin John Stiggear, Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. Henry Straker, For services to Disabled People in Northumberland.

John Stubbs, Archer. For services to Disabled Sport. Babulal Sudra, For services to the Gujarati community in Redbridge, London. Iain Sutherland, For services to Heritage in Caithness. Magda Sweetland, President, Sevenoaks University of the Third Age. For services to Lifelong Learning. Arthur Edward Swift, Volunteer Officer, Salford Lads' and Girls' Club, Salford, Greater Manchester. For services to Young People. Jack Swinchatt, Chair, Stretford Association Scout Fellowship. For services to Young People. Peter Ronald Symes, For services to Christian Aid. Desmond Derrick Symonds, For services to the community in Bransford, Worcestershire. Mrs Mary Tait, Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus. Neville Teller, Writer. For services to Broadcasting and to Drama. Mrs Sylvie Terry, Messenger, Cabinet Office.

David Thompson, Head Coach, Leonis Amateur Boxing Club. For services to Young People in Jersey. Ms Kathleen Thompson, Grade E2, Ministry of Defence. Mrs Pauline Thompson, President, Penarth Branch, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to the community in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Douglas Stormonth Thomson, For services to Blind People in Gloucestershire.

Richard Lister Thorn, For services to Disabled People in Bristol and to the community in Wrington, North Somerset. Mrs Shirley Elizabeth Thorne, For services to Local Government in Winchester, Hampshire. Peter Frank Thorogood, Co-Owner, St. Mary's Historic House and Gardens, Bramber, West Sussex. For services to Conservation and the Arts. Robert Thorogood, General Manager, District Line, London Underground. For services to Public Transport. Mrs Anne Denese Thorpe, For services to the community in Cheshire. Graham Paul Thorpe, For services to Cricket. Miss Margaret Rose Christine Thrush, For services to the community in Swansea. Miss Fiona Thurlbeck, Project manager, Halifax Works. For services to Learning and Skills in West Yorkshire. Miss Patricia Margaret Tiley, Volunteer Leader, Girl Guiding UK. For services to Young People. Graham Tinsley, Manager, Welsh National Culinary Team. For services

to the Food Industry. John Tocock, Head of Marketing Services, National Savings and Investments, HM Treasury. Robin John Todd, Deputy Leader, District of Easington Council. For services to Local Government in County Durham. Mrs Irene Margaret Clare Tominey, Formerly head of Unit, St. Philip's Residential Special School, Plains, Airdrie. For services to Special Needs Education in Scotland. George Anthony Tomlinson, For services to the Fishing Industry in Cornwall. Clements Harry Tompsett, Chair, British Carrot Growers' Association. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Cambridgeshire.

Anthony Keith Tonge, For services to the Greater Manchester Probation Service.

Mrs Lesley Tracey, Research Adminstrator, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. For services to the Administration of Science. John Christopher Treherne, Head of Gateshead Schools' Music Service, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. For services to Music Education. Richard Barrie Treleaven, For services to Ornithology in Cornwall. Mrs Sheila Carole Tremmellen, For services to Animal Welfare.

Mrs Angela Mary Turner, For services to the Welfare of Prisoners. Mrs Elizabeth Turner, For services to the community in Martock, Somerset. Dr Mark Turner, For services to the Defence Industry. Mrs Thelma Ann Twigg, For services to the Newcastle and North Staffordshire Play Council and to Young People in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Mrs Elizabeth Underhill, Assistant Officer, HM Revenue and Customs. Mrs Maureen Wendy Utting, Manager, Crown Court Witness Service. For services to the Administration of Justice in Kent.

Owen Le Vallee, For services to Sport in Guernsey. Ms Caroline Van Den Brul, Formerly Creativity Leader, BBC. For services to Broadcasting. Mrs Grace Evelyn Vanterpool, Diabetes Lead and Specialist Nurse, Slough Primary Care Trust. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Margaret Vasey, Policy Liaison manager, Child Support Agency. Karl Vella, WorldSkills chief Expert for Autobody Repair and managing director, Karl Vella Autobody Repair Centres Ltd. For services to Skills Training. Adrian Vettese, Manager, Special Programmes Section, Adam Smith College, Fife. For services to Special Needs Education. Mrs Suzanne Wade, Personal assistant, School Standards Group, Department for Education and Skills. Anthony Wadlow, For services to the Tourist Industry.

Robert John Wadsworth, Incident Support Unit manager, Traffic Management, Carillion Highway Maintenance. For services to Road Safety. Martin Robert Wake, For services to Healthcare and to the community in Suffolk. Councillor Windell Oliver Walcott, Member, West Oxfordshire District Council. For services to the community in West Oxfordshire. Bernard Waldron, Director of Manufacturing (UK) and site general manager, MBDA. For services to the Defence Industry. Terence Warburton, For services to the community in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Simon Philip Warwick, For services to Nature Conservation in North Yorkshire. David Roger Waterworth, For services to Disabled People in the Isle of Man. George David Watt, Formerly Information Systems Audit manager, HM Revenue and Customs. Mrs Clare Margaret Webb, Co-Founder and Chair, Neurofibromatosis Association. For services to Healthcare. Mrs Lulie

Webb, For charitable services in Wiltshire. Dr Jan Welch, Clinical director, The Haven, Camberwell. For services to Violence Against Women. Mrs Sheila Wheeler, Foster Carer, Isle of Wight. For services to Children and Families. Mrs Pamela Anne White, For services to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service and Children First. Peter Sydney White, JP, Chair of Governors, Brunswick Park Primary School, Barnet, London. For services to Education. Barry Russell Whitehouse, For services to the community in Tipton, West Midlands. Stephen William Whittaker, Contract Services manager, MidBedfordshire Council. For services to Local Government. The Hon Mrs Sally Ann Wigram, Trustee, NSPCC London Region FULL STOP Appeal Committee. For services to Children. Ms Janet Wilcox, Acting Deputy Governor, HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, HM Prison Service. Peter Wildblood, For services to the Prostate Cancer Support Group

and to the Acorns Children's Hospice.

David William Wilkins, Constable, West Mercia Constabulary. For services to the Police. Ian Wilkinson, Media Technician, Dundee College. For services to Further Education in Scotland. Kenneth Willcox, For services the community in Shilbottle, Northumberland. Jack Williams, For charitable services. John Anthony Williams, JP, For services to the community in the Cynon Valley, South Wales.

Lee Williams, Managing director, Universal Service Solution. For services to Business in the West Midlands. Mrs Sandra Williams, For services to the communities of Brynteg and Broughton, Wrexham, North Wales. Ms Ysanne Williams, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Lichfield District Council, Staffordshire. For services to Local Government. Mrs Susan Annie Wilmore, For services to the Royal Marines Band.

Bryan Pierce Wilson, ERD, For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Hampshire. Mrs Juliet Rose Conyers Wilson, For services to the community in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. Anthony Denison Wood, For services to the community in Liskeard, Cornwall. Ms Dorothy Wood, Artistic Producer, M6 Theatre Company. For services to Drama in the North West.

Mrs Diana Louise Woodward, Constable, Cheshire Police. For services to the Police. Charles Worthington, For services to Hairdressing. Mrs Janet Wren, For services to the British Red Cross Society in Berkshire. Syed Aftabuz Zaman, Consultant, Accident and Emergency and Associate Clinical director, Sherwood Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL Ian James Latimer, Chief Constable, Northern Constabulary. Patrick Lindsay (Paddy) Tomkins, Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders Police.

QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL John Robert Fenton, Divisional Officer, Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service. Hugh Henny, Temporary Deputy chief Fire Officer, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service. John (Jack) Hutcheon, Deputy chief Officer, Tayside Fire and Rescue.