Knights Bachelor
Dr James Iain Walker Anderson, CBE. For public and svoluntary service. (Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross); William Samuel Atkinson. Headteacher, Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham, London. For services to Education and to Community Relations. (London, N14); The Rt Hon Alan James Beith, MP. Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. For services to Parliament. (Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland); Professor James Drummond Bone, FRSE. Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool. For services to Higher Education and to Regeneration in the North West. (Cuper, Fife); Professor Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards. For services to Higher Education Medical Science and to Regeneration in the North East. (Hythe, Kent); Mark Philip Elder, CBE. Conductor and Music director, Halle Orchestra. For services to Music. (London, N6); Leonard Raymond Fenwick, CBE. Chief executive, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in Tyne and Wear.; Dr Philip John Hunter, CBE. Chief Schools Adjudicator. For services to Education. (Stafford, Staffordshire); Moir Lockhead, OBE. Chief executive, First Group. For services to Transport. (Banchory, Aberdeen); Professor Andrew James McMichael, FRS. Professor of Molecular Medicine and director, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Science. (Oxford, Oxfordshire); William Moorcroft. Principal, Trafford College. For services to local and national Further Education. (Southport, Merseyside); William Desmond Sargent, CBE. Executive Chair, Better Regulation Executive, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. For services to Business. (London); Michael John Snyder. For services to Business and to the City of London Corporation. (Hertfordshire); Paul Robert Stephenson, QPM. Deputy commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (London); Professor Anthony John Newman Taylor, CBE. Formerly Chair, Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. For public service. (Kent); Peter John Viggers, MP. Member of Parliament for Gosport. For services to Parliament. (London, SW1P); Professor Nicholas John Wald. Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London. For services to Preventive Medicine. (London, W1W)

Order of the Bath
DCB: Mrs Helen Frances Ghosh. Permanent secretary, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (London).

CB: Timothy John Burr. Comptroller and Auditor-General, National Audit Office. (West Sussex); Ms Louise Casey. For public service. (London); Jeremy Carl Groombridge. Director of Transformation and Product Management, Jobcentre Plus. For public and voluntary service. (Surrey); Mrs Lin Homer. Chief executive, Border and Immigration Agency. For public and voluntary service. (Suffolk); William Roy Junkin. Deputy director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland. (Antrim); Stephen Quinn. Permanent secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Executive. (Down).

Royal Victorian Order
DCVO: Miss Julia Charity Cleverdon, CVO, CBE. Formerly chief executive, Business in the Community.

KCVO: Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner, JP. Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.; Charles Michael Henderson The Lord Faringdon. Lord in Waiting to The Queen.; Commodore Robert Cameron Hastie, CBE, RD, JP. Formerly Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan.

CVO: Nicolas Clark Adamson, LVO, OBE. Private secretary to The Duke of Kent.; Robin Orr Blair, LVO. Formerly Lord Lyon King of Arms and secretary of the Order of the Thistle.; William Edward Chapman. Formerly Prime Minister's secretary for Appointments.; Robert George Clinton. Formerly Senior Partner, Farrer & Co LLP.; Professor John Cunningham. Head of the Medical Household and Physician to The Queen.; Brig Donald Graeme Hardie, TD, JP. Formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.; Miss Diane Elizabeth Morcom. Formerly secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council in New Zealand.; Miss Rachel Anne Wells, LVO. Assistant secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

LVO: Nigel Joseph Arch. Director, Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces.; Allan Bridgewater, CBE. For services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences.; Miss Pamela Margaret Clark, MVO. Registrar, Royal Archives.; Mrs Veronica Anne (Polly) Courtice. Co-director and chief executive, The Prince of Wales's Business in the Environment Programme.; Philip Brian Everett. Deputy Ranger, Windsor Great Park Crown Estate.; Miss Angela Christine Mary (Mrs. Minzly) Heylin, OBE. Formerly Trustee, Historic Royal Palaces.; Nicholas Altham Kidd. Training Captain/Aircraft Captain, The Queen's Helicopter Flight.; Martin Ronald Watson. Partner, Forest House Veterinary Group.; Dr David Anthony Zideman. Honorary Physician (Civilian) to The Queen.

MVO: Mrs Jennifer Margaret Cannon. Legal Executive, Farrer & Co LLP.; Sqn Ldr Jayne Susan Casebury. Royal Air Force; Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.; Mrs Frances Amelia Eason. Senior secretary, The Princess Royal's Household.; Mrs Diane Eddy. Administration secretary, Balmoral Estate.; Miss Angela Michele (Mrs. Clark) Edwards. Information Officer, Press Office, Royal Household.; Sgt Christopher John Gislingham. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.; Terence Dennis Gough. Head of Gardens and Estates, Historic Royal Palaces.; Mrs Jill Patricia Hurdman. Formerly Administrator, The Royal Warrant Holders Association.; Roderick Andrew Lane. Head Book Conservator, Royal Library, Windsor Castle.; Christopher Paul Matthews. Deputy Land Steward, Western District, Duchy of Cornwall.; Miss Moira McDougall. Secretary to the Resident Factor, Balmoral Estate.; Superintendent Timothy Andrew Marriott Nash. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.; Miss Caroline Lucy Whitaker. Assistant Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, Royal Collection.

Royal Victorian Medal
Bar to RVM: David Cartledge, RVM. Senior Stallion Handler, Royal Studs.

RVM: Charles Thomas Bouch. Formerly Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.; Paul Lawrence Burch. Gamekeeper, Sandringham Estate.; Mrs Bernadette Therese Darbin. Telephone Operator, Royal Household.; Cpl Brian Diggle. Orderly to The Duke of Edinburgh.; John Paul Fallis. Warden, The Great Park, Windsor Crown Estate.; Peter Ivor Jeffery. Estate Foreman, Eastern District, Duchy of Cornwall.; Mrs Margaret Susan Mattocks. Telephone Operator, Royal Household.; Paul David Murray. Senior Storeman, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household.; Mrs Maria Sizaltine (Tina) Peti. Housekeeper to Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy.; Paul Eric Southwell. House Foreman, Sandringham Estate.

Order of the Companions of Honour
CH: Richard George The Lord Rogers Of Riverside. For public service and for services to Architecture. (London, W6).

Order of the British Empire, Civil: DBE
Ms Joan Dawson Bakewell, CBE. Broadcaster and Writer. For services to Journalism and to the Arts. (London, NW1); Professor Christine Joan Beasley, CBE. Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service. (London, W13); Ms Hilary Sharon Braverman Blume. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (London, NW3); Professor Janet Valerie Finch, CBE, DL. Vice-Chancellor, Keele University. For services to Social Science and to Higher Education. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire); Mrs Clara Hedwig Frances Furse. Chief executive, London Stock Exchange. For services to the Financial Services Industry. (London, EC4M); Lady Margaret (Mrs. Drabble) Holroyd, CBE. Author. For services to Literature. (London, WC2B); Mrs Donna Kinnair. Director of Clinical Leadership, Southwark Primary Care Trust. For services to Nursing in London. (London, E5); Ms Monica Margaret Mason, OBE. Director of the Royal Ballet. For services to Dance. (London, WC2E); Ms Barbara Mary Stocking, CBE. Chief executive, Oxfam GB. For services to Humanitarian work. (Oxford, Oxfordshire).

Order of the British Empire, Civil: CBE
Dr Khurshid Ahmed. Chair, British Muslim Forum. For services to Community Relations in Birmingham. (Dudley, West Midlands); Lady Janet Bruce Balfour Of Burleigh. For public and voluntary service in Scotland. (Clackmannanshire); Michael William Bateman. Non-Executive director, Dollond and Aitchison. For services to the Optical Profession and to Charity. (Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire); William Blackledge Beaumont, OBE. For services to Rugby and to Charity. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire); Charles Stuart Bell. Chief executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (London, SE5); Archibald Anderson Bethel, OBE. Formerly Chair, Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire. For services to Business and to Economic Development in Lanarkshire. (East Kilbride, Lanarkshire); Ms Mary Black. For services to Healthcare and to the community in Northern Ireland. (Ballymena, Antrim); Bernard Borland. Principal, St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Clapham. For services to Further Education in London. (London, SE9); Thomas Sebastian Brooman. Co-founder and lately Artistic director, World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival. For services to Music and to Charity. (Corsham, Wiltshire); Richard Calvocoressi. Director, Henry Moore Foundation. For services to the Arts, particularly in Scotland. (Edinburgh); Joseph William Calzaghe, MBE. Boxer. For services to Sport and for voluntary service in Wales. (Gwent); Graham Stanley Cartledge. Chair, Benoy. For services to Architecture and to Charity. (Newark, Nottinghamshire); Professor John Cleland. F.B.A., Professor of Medical Demography, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to Social Science. (London, W3); Professor Anthony Cohen, FRSE. Principal and vice-Chancellor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education in Scotland. (Edinburgh); Professor Paul Collier. Professor of Economics and director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship and Development. (Manor Road Oxford, Oxfordshire); Ms Rosemary Cook. Director, Queen's Nursing Institute. For services to Healthcare. (Macclesfield, Cheshire); Andrew Maxwell Coppel. Chair, Tourism Ireland Limited. For services to the Tourism Industry. (Esher, Surrey); David Darling. Co-founder, Codemasters. For services to the Computer Games Industry. (Warwick, Warwickshire); Richard Darling. Co-founder, Codemasters. For services to the Computer Industry. (Malvern, Worcestershire); Christopher Kenneth Davidson. National Business director, HM Revenue and Customs. (Chelmsford, Essex); Lloyd Dorfman. Chair, Travelex Group. For services to Business and to Charity. (London, NW3); Professor Brian Ion Duerden. Professor of Medical Microbiology, Cardiff University School of Medicine. For services to Medicine and to Charity. (Chepstow, Gwent); Professor Christopher Charles Dyer. F.B.A., Professor of Local and Regional History and director, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. For services to Scholarship. (Leicester, Leicestershire); John Edwards. Formerly chief executive, Advantage West Midlands. For services to the Rural Economy. (Market Drayton, Shropshire); Nigel Robert Elwes. Chairman, Racing Welfare and chairman, British Racing School. For services to the Horse Racing Industry. (Dorset); Edward Hamilton Fitzgerald, QC. Lawyer. For services to Human Rights. (London, W6); Edmond Charles Paul Fivet. Formerly Principal, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. For services to the Arts and to Higher Education in Wales. (Aldeburgh, Suffolk); John Edward Foster. Formerly chief executive, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. For services to Local Government. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire); Professor William David George. Formerly Regius Professor of Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow. For services to Medicine. (Glasgow); Richard Gillingwater. Chair, Shareholder Executive. For services to the Financial Services Industry. (Richmond, Surrey); Professor Anthony Howard Goldstone. Consultant Haematologist, University College London Hospital Trust and director, North London Cancer Network. For services to Medicine. (Hertfordshire); Mrs Theresa Mary Green. Chairman, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (London, W1K); Guy Rhodri Griffiths. Managing director, BAE Systems Integrated Technologies. For services to the Defence Industry. (Surrey); John Grimshaw, MBE. Founder and chief executive of Sustrans. For services to the Development of the National Cycle Network. (Bristol); Antony Hales. Chair, Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. For services to the Armed Forces. (Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire); Joe Harley. IT Director-General and chief Information Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. (Greenock, Renfrewshire); Professor Paul Harvey, FRS. Head of the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Science. (Oxford, Oxfordshire); Michael George Hayes. Chief executive, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. For services to Local Government and to the Voluntary Sector. (London, SW12); Mark Haysom. Chief executive, Learning and Skills Council for England. For services to Education and to Training. (London, E14); Peter John Hewitt. Formerly chief executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts. (London, N8); Professor Charles Adrian Hobbs. For services to Road Safety. (Finchampstead, Berkshire); Dr Graham Aubrey Honeyman. Chief executive Officer, Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd. For services to Industry. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire); Dr Aileen Margaret Keel. Deputy chief Medical Officer, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh); Michael Gerard Kennedy. Chief Operating Officer, Crown Prosecution Service; lately president and UK National Member of Eurojust. (West Sussex); Councillor Mohammed Afzal Khan. For services to Community and Inter-Faith Relations and to Local Government in Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester); Frederick John Landeg. Formerly Acting chief Veterinary Officer and director, Veterinary Policy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Reading, Berkshire); Mrs Lynda La Plante. Writer and Producer. For services to Literature, Drama and to Charity. (London, W1F); Dr Paul Leinster. Director of Operations, Environment Agency. For public and voluntary service. (Oakley, Bedfordshire); Professor Peter Simon Liss. Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. For services to Science. (Norwich, Norfolk); Dr John Menzies Low. Chief executive, Charities Aid Foundation. For services to the Voluntary Sector and to Deaf People. (West Malling, Kent); Michael Francis Lynch, AM. Chief executive, Southbank Centre. For services to the Arts. (London, WC1N); Brian Magenis. Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. For public and voluntary service. (London); Howard Leslie Mathers. Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. For public and voluntary service. (Bath, Somerset); Brian Edward McHenry. Formerly General-Counsel, Office of Fair Trading. For public and voluntary service. (London, SE5); Professor Hugh McKenna. Dean, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster. For services to Healthcare and to the community in Northern Ireland. (Newtownabbey, Antrim); William Robert McQueen. Formerly Deputy chief executive, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh); Ms Janet Meacham. Deputy director, Emergency Preparedness Division, Department of Health. (Oxford, Oxfordshire); Robin Ernest Vincent Middleton. Formerly secretary of State's Representative for Salvage and Intervention, Department for Transport. For public and voluntary service. (Ampfield, Hampshire); Colin McLeod Milne. President, Employment Tribunal, Scotland. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Aviemore, Inverness-shire); Duncan Mitchell. Senior vice president, Cisco Systems UK and Ireland. For services to Business. (Warwickshire); Dr Michael John More. Formerly chief executive, Suffolk County Council. For services to Local Government. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire); Roy Alfred Morris, DL. For services to Economic Development and to the community in Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside); Paul Newdick. Chair of LawWorks. For services to Pro Bono Legal Services. (London, N10); Professor Peter Raymond Noyce. Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Manchester. For services to Healthcare. (Lymm, Cheshire); Michael Laurence Nyman. Composer, Musician and Music Critic. For services to Music. (London, N1); Mrs Fionnuala Mary Jay-O'Boyle, MBE. For services to Heritage in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Desmond Bernard O'Connor. For services to Entertainment and to Broadcasting. (London, WC2R); Alan Parker. Chief executive Officer, Whitbread Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (Virginia Water, Surrey); Graham Parker. Head of Public Sector Finance Team, HM Treasury. (Brentwood, Essex); Professor Ian Philp. Formerly national director for Older People's Services and Neurological Conditions. For services to Healthcare. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire); Professor Michael John Pilling. Formerly director, Natural Environment Research Council Distributed Institute for Atmospheric Composition, University of Leeds. For services to Chemistry. (Leeds, West Yorkshire); Andrew William Reid. Formerly divisional manager, Institutional Inspections and Frameworks Division, Ofsted, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (Stafford, Staffordshire); Professor Randolph Richards. Professor in Aquatic Veterinary Studies, University of Stirling and director, Institute of Aquaculture. For services to Veterinary Science. (Alloa, Clackmannanshire); Duncan Robinson, DL. Formerly director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. For services to the Heritage of Art. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire); Richard Willis Rogers. Formerly chief executive, Environment and Heritage Service, Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland Executive. (Newtownards, Down); Denis Rooney, MBE. Chair, International Fund for Ireland. For services to Economic Development and to the community in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Anthony Paul Rossi. For services to Heritage and to Conservation. (Norfolk); Gerald Anthony Scarfe. Cartoonist and Caricaturist. For services to the Arts. (London, SW3); Mrs Heather Schroeder. Director of Children, Schools and Families, London Borough of Camden. For services to Social Care. (Staines, Surrey); Peter Denys John Scott, QC. Chair, Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. For services to Business, the Legal Profession and to the Arts. (London, W8); Francis John Sheehan, QFSM. Chief Fire Officer, West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service. For service to Local Government. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands); Richard David Shepherd, OBE. Artist. For services to Charity and to Wildlife Conservation. (East Grinstead, West Sussex); Philip Douglas Silvester. Headteacher, Westfield Technology College, Dorset. For services to local and national Special Needs Education. (Dorchester, Dorset); Councillor Nicholas William Skellett. Leader, Surrey County Council. For services to Local Government. (Kingston upon Thames, Surrey); David Thomas Smith. Director, Business Relations, Special Projects, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. (London, SE19); Peter David Smith, QC. Chairman, Life Sentence Review Commissioners. For services to the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Dr Graham Nigel Spittle. Director, IBM Hursley Laboratory and Chair, Technology Strategy Board and vice president, Software, UKISA (UK, Ireland and South Africa) IBM. For services to Industry. (Soberton, Hampshire); Henry Leonard Tee. Chair, Electronics Leadership Council. For services to the Electronics Industry. (Much Hadham, Hertfordshire); Mrs Maria Donata Nanette Pauline Erwina Wilhelmina Gustava Thorpe. Co-Founder, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. For services to Music. (London, W2); Stewart Ronald Towe. Managing director, Hadley Industries and Chair, Black Country Consortium. For services to Business in the West Midlands. (Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire); Martin Peter Tune. Headteacher, Bonner Primary School, Tower Hamlets, London. For services to local and national Education. (London, E12); Professor Marina Sarah Warner, FBA. Writer. For services to Literature. (London, NW5); Ms Mela Lesley Jane Watts. Principal private secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (London, SW19); Ms Lindsay Diane Wilkinson. Head of Cancer and End of Life Care Policy, Department of Health. (London, N16); Professor Dianne Marie Willcocks. Vice-Chancellor, York St John University. For services to Higher Education and to the community in Yorkshire. (York, North Yorkshire); Derek Maurice Wise. Headteacher, Cramlington Community High School, Northumberland. For services to local and national Education. (Morpeth, Northumberland); Miss Victoria Wood, OBE. Comedian and Writer. For services to Entertainment. (London, N6).

Order of the British Empire, Civil: OBE
Alexandra The Duchess of Abercorn. For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland through the Pushkin Trust. (Omagh, Tyrone); Richard Charles Abnett. For services to Intellectual Property Rights. (Sevenoaks, Kent); Mrs Jennifer Adams, LVO. Director of Open Spaces, City of London Corporation. For services to the Environment and to Local Government. (Hampshire); Fayyaz Afzal. Barrister. For services to the Judiciary and to voluntary service to Disabled People. (Leicester, Leicestershire); Riaz Ahmad, JP. For services to Local Government, the Administration of Justice and to the community in Oldham. (Oldham, Greater Manchester); Mervyn John Ainsworth. Formerly chief executive, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. For services to Business. (London, SE9); Professor Jim Al-Khalili. Professor of Physics and Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Surrey. For services to Physics. (Southsea, Hampshire); Sayyid Yousif Al-Khoei. Director, al-Khoei Foundation. For services to Community Relations. (London, NW9); Professor Dennis Anderson. For services to the Energy Industry. (Deceased: to be dated 18 April 2008). (Oxford, Oxfordshire); Mrs Cynthia Atwell. Chair, Royal College of Nursing Society Occupational Health Nursing. For services to Healthcare. (Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire); Anthony John James Bailey. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity. (London, W2); Michael Balfour. Co-founder and Co-chair, Fitness First Health Clubs. For services to Business. (Poole, Dorset); Professor Frances Rosemary Balkwill. Professor of Cancer Biology, Queen Mary, University of London. For services to Science Communication to Children. (London, EC1Y); Tunde Banjoko. Chief executive, Local Employment Access Projects. For services to Employment and to Training in London. (London, NW10); Mrs Christine Frances Bantock. Section head, Industry Sponsorship, Medical Devices, Department of Health. (Loughton, Essex); Dr Jennifer Lucy Bate. Concert Organist. For services to Music. (London, N10); The Reverend Peter Martyn Beacham. Heritage Protection director, English Heritage. For services to the Historic Environment. (Exeter, Devon); Dr Catherine Susan Minshull-Beech. Chief executive, Aitua Limited. For services to Technology and Innovation. (Dullingham, Cambridgeshire); Mrs Susan Elizabeth Berry. Chair, British Children's Ski Team Selection Panel. For voluntary service to Sport. (Thame, Oxfordshire); Dr Simon Best, FRSE. Chair, UK BioIndustry Association (BIA). For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (Edinburgh); Iqbal Bhana, DL. For services to Community Relations in West Yorkshire. (Batley, West Yorkshire); Giles Bird. Headteacher, Kingsmead School, Enfield, Middlesex. For services to Education. (London, N7); Ms Malorie Blackman. Writer. For services to Children's Literature. (Beckenham, Kent); Peter Scott-Blackman. Chief executive Officer, Afiya Trust. For voluntary services to Black and Minority Ethnic Healthcare. (London, NW6); Dr Roger Ferrant Bland. Head, Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure, British Museum. For services to Heritage. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire); Ms Virginia Bovell. For voluntary service to Autistic Children. (London, N4); Richard Sheridan Bowling. Painter and Writer. For services to Art. (London, SW1P); Dr Henry John Bragg. For voluntary service to the community in East Kent. (Sandwich, Kent); Dr Timothy John Brain, QPM. Chief Constable, Gloucestershire Constabulary. For services to the Police and to the community in Gloucestershire. (Gloucestershire); Richard Trevor Broadhurst. Formerly Recreation Officer, Forestry Commission. For public and voluntary service. (Lasswade, Midlothian); Air Commodore Jack Broughton, DL. R.A.F. (Retd.) For voluntary service to the Aircrew Association. (Southport, Merseyside); William Alan Brown. Senior manager A, HM Prison Liverpool. (Liverpool, Merseyside); Raymond Alfred Browne. Business Continuity manager, Technology Strategy Board, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. (Ashford, Surrey); Professor Frederick Michael Burdekin, FRS. Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester. For services to Nuclear Safety. (Macclesfield, Cheshire); Robin Burgess, DL. Chief executive, CN Group Ltd. For services to the Newspaper Industry and to the community in Cumbria. (Carlisle, Cumbria); Dr Yvonne Ann Burne. Formerly Headteacher, City of London School for Girls. For services to Education in London. (Northwood, Middlesex); Mrs Janet Callender. Chief executive, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Knutsford, Cheshire); Mrs Brigid Campbell. Member, Social Security Advisory Committee. For services to Social Security Law and to Charity. (Basingstoke, Hampshire); John Donington Campbell. Chair, Scottish Financial Enterprise. For services to the Financial Services Industry. (Kelso, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale); Ms Rosamond Isobel Cassy. Chair, Local Strategic Partnership. For services to the community in Southampton. (Southampton, Hampshire); Henry Greville Cator, DL. Chairman, Norwich Cathedral Campaign. For voluntary service to the community in Norfolk. (Norwich, Norfolk); Ms Lorraine Cavanagh. For services to the community in East London. (London, E14); Derek Anthony Chadbon. Formerly General-secretary, Retained Firefighters' Union. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service. (Attleborough, Norfolk); Charles Ting Yim Chan. For voluntary service to the Chinese community in Greater Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester); William John Yendell Chapple. Deputy-Leader, Buckinghamshire County Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Aylesbury and Buckinghamshire. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire); Jashvant Chauhan. Inspector of Taxes, Leicester, HM Revenue and Customs. For public and voluntary service. (Leicester, Leicestershire); Tim Clark. For voluntary service to UNICEF UK. (Twickenham, Middlesex); David Guy Clarke, TD, DL. For voluntary service to the community in Wales. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan); Professor John Richard Coggins, FRSE. Vice-Principal, Faculties of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow. For services to Science. (Glasgow); Dr David John Comley. Formerly director of Housing and Social Work, Glasgow City Council. For services to Local Government. (Glasgow); John Dinsmore Cooke. Head of Near-Market Research and Development, Innovation, Research and Technology Division, Invest Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Executive. (Lisburn, Antrim); Ms Dinah Cox. Chief executive, Race on the Agenda. For services to Community Relations in London. (London, SW2); Dr Harriet Mary Crabtree. Director, Inter Faith Network for the UK. For services to Community Relations. (London, N19); John Denis Crawforth. Chief Probation Officer, Greater Manchester. For public and voluntary service. (Bolton, Greater Manchester); Professor John Cummings. Professor of Experimental Gastroenterology, University of Dundee. For services to Medicine and to Nutrition. (Dundee); Professor Candace Currie. Director, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Edinburgh. For services to Healthcare. (Edinburgh); Ms Bronwyn Curtis. For services to Business Economics. (London, W14); Ms Sally Daghlian. Formerly chief executive, Scottish Refugee Council. For services to Human Rights. (Glasgow); John Victor Dalby. Headteacher, St. Philip's Church of England Primary School, Hulme. For services to Education in Manchester. (Stockport, Greater Manchester); Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio, MBE. England Rugby Union Player and Captain, London Wasps Rugby Team. For services to Rugby and to Charity. (Richmond, Surrey); Colin Robert Davies. Head, Complex Case Work Unit, Merseyside and Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service. (Liverpool, Merseyside); Stephen Russell Davies. Television Screenwriter. For services to Drama. (Manchester, Greater Manchester); Professor Wendy Davies. F.B.A., Professor of History and lately Pro-Provost-Europe, University College London. For services to Research in the Humanities and to Higher Education. (Farringdon, Oxfordshire); Malcolm Edward Dawson. Formerly Pay and Grading director, Ministry of Justice. (Sutton, Surrey); Mrs Lois Elizabeth Devey. Team Leader, Commercial and Procurement Services, Department for Children, Schools and Families. For public and voluntary services. (Darlington, Durham); Col Charles George Dickie, TD. For voluntary service to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in the West Midlands. (Hexham, Northumberland); Maurice Djanogly. For services to Business and to the Arts. (London, N2); Mrs Susan Donovan. Headteacher, Holmewood Nursery School, Lambeth, London. For services to Early Years Education. (Beckenham, Kent); Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Luise The Marchioness of Douro. President, Guinness Trust. For voluntary service to Social Housing. (London, W1J); Mrs Glynis Dowling. Grade A, Northern Ireland Office. For public and voluntary service. (Dundonald, Down); Anthony Duggan. Councillor and Chair, Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service and to Local Government. (Eversholt, Bedfordshire); Professor John Harry Dunning. For services to International Business Scholarship. (Oxfordshire); Chiwetel Ejiofor. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, W1T); Mrs Patricia Ellison. Business Change manager, Barnardo's. For services to Children and to the community in Stockton-on-Tees. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham); Ms Vivienne Evans. Chief executive, AdFam. For services to Families and Carers in Drug Education and Prevention. (Coalville, Leicestershire); Kevin Bruce Eveleigh. Headteacher, Barnby Road Primary and Nursery School. For services to Education and to Sport in Nottinghamshire. (Newark, Nottinghamshire); Professor Richard Fawcett. Principal Inspector, Historic Scotland. For public and voluntary service. (Kirkcaldy, Fife); Ms Deborah Kim Fern. For charitable services. (Matlock, Derbyshire); Mrs Susannah Kate Fish. Assistant chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police. For services to the Police. (West Midlands); Chris Freegard. Managing director, Newport City Council. For services to Local Government in South Wales. (Newport, Gwent); Andy Gale. Formerly Specialist Adviser, Housing Needs Team, Department for Communities and Local Government. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan); David Gardiner. Tenant Member, Estate Board, St. Martin's Community Partnership. For voluntary service to Social Housing in South London. (London, SW2); Malcolm Grenville Gasking. Formerly Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.; John Brian Gillow. Chairman, Shropshire County Council. For services to Local Government and to the Voluntary Sector. (Market Drayton, Shropshire); Godfrey Harold Glyn. Principal, Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, Eastleigh, Hampshire and Council Representative, Sixth Form Colleges Forum. For services to Further Education. (Eastleigh, Hampshire); Ian Ogilvie Gordon. For services to the community and to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (Edinburgh); Robert Edward Green. Head of Forensic Science, Police Standards Unit, Home Office. (Westgate on Sea, Kent); Professor Russel Griggs. For services to Business in Scotland. (Sanquhar, Dumfries); Daniel Edward Gunn. Governor, HM Prison Glenochil. For public and voluntary service. (Dunblane, Perth and Kinross); Professor Romesh Chand Gupta. Consultant Physician and Hospital Lead for Stroke Services, Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine and to the community in Lancashire. (Chorley, Lancashire); Professor Muhammad Abdel Haleem. King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies. For services to Arabic Culture and Literature and to Inter-Faith understanding. (London, N14); Brian John Harbord. Head of Intelligent Transport Systems Development, Department for Transport. (Nailsea, Somerset); Mrs Catherine Haugh. Deputy director, Human Resources Recruitment and Redeployment Unit, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. (London, W4); Mrs Susan Louise Henderson. Team Leader, Skills for Life Strategy Unit, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. (Daventry, Northamptonshire); Professor Irene Higginson. Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London. For services to Medicine. (London, N1); Matthew MacDonald Hillin. Client Services manager (Northern Area), Child Support Agency. For public and voluntary service. (Paisley, Renfrewshire); Ms Elizabeth Hogarth. Head of Women's Policy Team, Criminal Justice Group, Ministry of Justice. (London, N4); Dr Paul Andrew Hollinshead. Formerly director of Science and Technology, Ministry of Defence. (Woking, Surrey); Jeremy Thomas Hopkinson. For charitable services. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire); Professor Pamela Howard. Theatre Designer. For services to Drama. (Nr Chichester, West Sussex); Graham Hoyle. Chief executive, Association of Learning Providers. For services to Skills Training. (Bristol); Mrs Uzoamaka Linda Iwobi. For services to Community Relations and to the community in South Wales. (Killay, Swansea); Vincent Jack. Headteacher, Willowbank School, North Lanarkshire. For services to Education. (Uddingston, Lanarkshire); Ken James. Formerly chief executive Officer, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. For public service. (Loughborough, Leicestershire); Dr Susan Ann Jebb. Head of Nutrition and Health, Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research Unit, Cambridge. For services to Public Health. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire); Dr Anthony Michael Jenner. Deputy chief Dental Officer, Department of Health. (Mold, Flintshire); James Johnson. Deputy head of Banking Operations, HM Revenue and Customs. (South Shields, Tyne and Wear); Arthur Anthony Joiner, JP. Formerly Chair, Bristol Magistrates' Bench. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Frenchay, Bristol); Andrew Vincent Kelly. Formerly Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire); Professor Richard Donovan Kenway, FRSE. Vice-Principal, High Performance Computing and e-Science and Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science. (Edinburgh); Peter Kershaw. Head of Upstream Infrastructure and Median Line Fields, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. (Kent); Raymond Kiddell. Vice-president, Football Association and Founder of Football in the Community. For services to Sport and to the community in Norfolk. (Norwich, Norfolk); Dr James Kerr Kirkwood. For services to Animal Welfare. (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire); Miss Margaret Elizabeth Knights. Policy and External Communications PAYE, HM Revenue and Customs. (London, E9); Ms Joyce Laing. For services to the Arts in Fife. (Pittenweem, Fife); Mrs Elaine Laken. Justices Clerk for Bath, North Avon and Mendip, Her Majesty's Courts Service. (Bristol); Michael Phillip Large. For services to Business and to the community in the East of England. (Brentwood, Essex); Professor Gloria Laycock. Director, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London. For services to Crime Policy. (Brighton, East Sussex); Mrs Deborah Leary. Founder, Forensic Pathways Ltd. For services to Entrepreneurship and to the community in Staffordshire. (Staffordshire); Mrs Elizabeth Jane Lewington. Chief executive, North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus. For services to Social Care. (Lincolnshire); Mrs Elizabeth Mary Margaret Liddell. Chief executive, Aparna Charitable Trust (UK). For services to Social Care in India. (London, NW8); Anthony William Lilley. Chief Creative Officer, Magic Lantern Productions. For services to Media and Creative Industries. (East Sussex); Brian Lister. Principal, Cumbernauld College. For services to Further Education and to the communities in Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire. (Saline, Fife); David John Livermore. For services to People with Hearing Difficulties and to the Newbury Spring Festival in Berkshire. (Stockbridge, Hampshire); David James Duncan Livingstone. Chairman, The Clyde Group. For services to Maritime Training, Shipping Industry and to the community in Glasgow. (Glasgow); Lady Evelyn Lloyd. (Eve Pollard). For services to Journalism and to Broadcasting. (London, NW6); Peter Lobban. Chief executive, CITB-ConstructionSkills. For services to Further Education, Skills and Training. (Wendover, Buckinghamshire); Professor George Gordon Lunt. Deputy vice-Chancellor, University of Bath. For services to Higher Education. (Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire); Christopher John MacGowan. Formerly chief executive, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. For services to the Automotive Industry. (Essex); Patrick John MacHray. Chair, Scottish Enterprise Grampian. For services to the Economy and to Charity in North East Scotland. (Aberdeen); Ms Mary MacLeod. Chief executive, Family and Parenting Institute. For voluntary and public service. (London, N10); Dr Edward Major. Formerly Clinical director, Intensive Therapy Unit, Swansea. For services to the NHS. (Swansea, West Glamorgan); Mrs Rosemary Manning. For voluntary service to the community in Knowle West, Bristol. (Bristol); Geoffrey Conway Marks. For services to Golf. (Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire); Keith McCosh Marshall. Chief executive, SummitSkills. For services to Skills Training in the Building Services Industry. (Bedford, Bedfordshire); Gordon Grier Thomson Masterton. Vice-president, Environment Business Centre, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. For services to Civil Engineering in Scotland. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire); Ms Carolyn McCall. Chief executive, Guardian Media Group plc. For services to Women in Business. (London, EC1R); Professor Robert John McClelland. Consultant Psychiatrist, Belfast City Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Medicine. (Belfast); Alan Moore McCulla. Chief executive, Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers' Organisation. For services to the Fishing Industry and to the community in Northern Ireland. (Newry, Down); Hamish George McDonald. For public and voluntary service to Maritime Safety. (Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire); Ciaran Michael McGuigan. Head of Examinations and Assessment, National Policing Improvement Agency. (Knaresborough, North Yorkshire); Mrs Catherine McKeever. Quality director, Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast. For services to Industry in Northern Ireland. (Craigavon, Armagh); Miss Carmel McKinney. Principal, Vere Foster Primary School. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Ms Janet McTeer. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, W1T); Dr Azra Meadows. For services to UK and International Community Relations. (Dowanhill, Glasgow); Trevor John Millington. Senior Lawyer, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office. (London); Mrs Merron Mitchell. Director of Offender Learning, City College Manchester. For services to Education and Skills. (Warrington, Cheshire); Dr Abdalla Yassin Mohamed. For services to Community Relations in Wales. (Newport, Gwent); Dr Julia Kay Moore. Consultant Anaesthetist, Wirral Hospital Trust and Senior Medical Officer, Strategic Medical Workforce Issues. For services to Medicine and to the community in Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside); Ms Judith Helen Moorhouse. Chair, General Teaching Council for England. For services to Education. (Richmond, North Yorkshire); Professor Anne Moran. Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ulster. For services to Higher Education in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Colin Steel Morgan. Managing director, Ethicon. For services to the Medical Devices Industry. (Edinburgh); Frederick David Morgan. Formerly Chair, England and Wales Cricket Board. For services to Cricket. (Newport, Gwent); Mrs Hilary Alexandra Morrell. Headteacher, Dounby Community School. For services to Education and to the community in Orkney. (Orkney); Peter John Morris. Chief executive Officer, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Stockport, Greater Manchester); Karl Albert Napieralla. Director of Education, Leisure and Lifelong Learning, Neath Port Talbot Council. For services to Education in Wales. (Clydach, Swansea); Ms Sara Catherine Nathan. Formerly Chair, Ofcom Fairness Committee. For services to Broadcasting and to the Communications Industry. (London, W3); Anthony Arthur Nichols. Secretary to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Cabinet Office. (Croydon, Surrey); Ms Patricia Niner. Senior Lecturer, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham. For public and voluntary service to Social Issues. (Birmingham, West Midlands); Ms Mutale Rose Nyoni. Chair, Care Council for Wales. For services to Social Care and to the Voluntary Sector in Wales. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan); Maurice O'Neill. Editor, Ballymena Guardian. For services to Journalism in Northern Ireland. (Ballymena, Antrim); Professor Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo. Ceramicist. For services to Art. (Alton, Hampshire); Richard Charles Orrin. Senior Policy Adviser, Aviation Security, Department for Transport. (London, SW1E); Professor Michael David Osbaldeston. Director, Cranfield School of Management. For services to national and international Higher Education. (Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire); John Nicholas Page. Formerly Chair, Home Grown Cereals Authority. For services to the Cereals and Oilseeds Industry and to the Voluntary Sector. (East Grimstead, West Sussex); Mrs Eileen Margaret Patching. Grade 7, HM Revenue and Customs. For public and voluntary service. (Basildon, Essex); Don Paterson. Poet. For services to Literature. (St Andrews, Fife); Dr Michael Charles Paterson. Consultant Clinical Psychologist. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland. (Belfast); Ms Jane Scott Paul. Chief executive, Association of Accounting Technicians. For services to the Accountancy Profession. (London, EC1A); Mrs Margaret Ann Peggie. Chair, British Sports Trust and vice-president, Central Council of Physical Recreation. For services to Fitness, Dance and Sport. (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire); Dr James Michael Penman. Head of Response Strategies Branch, Climate, Energy and Ozone Science and Analysis Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Dorking, Surrey); The Reverend Sybil Theodora Phoenix, MBE. For services to the community in Lewisham, South London. (London, SE4); Ms Maureen Piggot. Director, MENCAP (Northern Ireland). For services to People with Learning Disabilities. (Belfast); Mrs Rachel Pinter. Headteacher, Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, Hackney. For services to Education in London. (London, N15); David Thomas Prest. County Adviser for Design and Technology, Cornwall County Council. For services to local and national Design and Technology Education. (St Ives, Cornwall); Dr Colin Price. For public service and for services to Business. (London, SW19); David John Price. For services to Music Education. (Leeds, West Yorkshire); Mrs Dorothy Rose Purdew. Chair, Champneys. For services to the Health Spa Industry and to Charity. (Henlow, Bedfordshire); Mark Radcliffe, DL. Chair, Youth Options. For services to Young People and to the community in Hampshire. (Andover, Hampshire); James Blair Raeburn. For services to the Scottish Newspaper Industry. (Edinburgh); Dr Katherine Rake. Director, Fawcett Society. For services to Equal Opportunities. (London, SW2); Ms Gladys Rhodes. Deputy director for Children's Services, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. For services to Social Care. (Blackburn, Lancashire); Councillor George Edward Richards. For services to Local Government and to the community in Solihull West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands); Steve Riley. Information Technology Strand manager, The Pension Service. For public and voluntary service. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire); Ms Lesley Christine Rimmer. Chief executive, United Kingdom Homecare Association. For services to Older People and to Social Care. (Sutton, Surrey); Paul Roberts. Chair, Creative and Cultural Education Advisory Board. For services to Education and to the Creative Industries. (Nottinghamshire); Professor Brian Turnbull Robson. Director, Centre for Urban Policy Studies, University of Manchester. For services to Urban Regeneration. (Manchester, Greater Manchester); Mrs Elizabeth Robson. Managing director, Robson Builders (Hexham) Ltd. For services to the Construction Industry, to Women in Business and to the community in the North East. (Hexham, Northumberland); Dr Susan Rowlands. Formerly General-secretary, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association. For services to Human Rights. (London); Martin Frank Rudduck. Formerly head, UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. (Worcester Park, Surrey); Anthony Norman Salter. For public and voluntary service to Older People and to the community in the West Midlands. (Wednesbury, West Midlands); Alfred Charles Shedden. For services to the Voluntary Sector in Scotland. (Glasgow); Brian Sibbald. For services to Local Government and to the community in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh); Mrs Sarah Sillars. Chief executive, Institute of the Motor Industry. For services to Skills Training and to the Automotive Retail Industry. (Codicote, Hertfordshire); Edward Sirr. Formerly Principal, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. For services to Drama and to the community in the South West. (Stroud, Gloucestershire); Professor Julia Mary Slingo. Director of Climate Research, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading. For services to Environmental and Climate Science. (Reading, Berkshire); Roger John Gladstone Smith. Director, JUSTICE. For services to Human Rights. (London, N7); Alan Sommerville. Formerly chief executive, British Gymnastics. For voluntary service to Sport. (Derbyshire); Barry Neil Speker, DL. For services to Business and to the community in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear); Professor John Spence. Research Professor, Department of Mechancial Engineering, Strathclyde University. For services to Engineering. (Airdrie, Lanarkshire); Professor Kenneth Maurice Spencer. For services to Education and to the voluntary sector in Birmingham. (Solihull, West Midlands); Mrs Bridget Rosita Stephens, JP. Formerly Deputy chief executive and chief Nurse, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Leeds, West Yorkshire); Hugh Stewart. Executive Chair, Caledonian Alloys Ltd. For services to Industry. (Carluke, Lanarkshire); Robert William Hardy Strange. Chief executive, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. For services to Health and Safety. (Market Harborough, Leicestershire); John Surtees, MBE. For services to Motorsport and to Charity. (Surrey); Dr Per Olof Svanberg. Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Sure Start, Sunderland. For services to Infants and their Families. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear); Mrs Maire Gabrielle Patricia Symons. Headteacher, Bishop Challoner Catholic School, King's Heath, Birmingham. For services to local and regional Education. (Solihull, West Midlands); Mrs Frances Mary Targett. For voluntary service to the Citizens' Advice Service in Wales. (Anglesey, Gwynedd); Ms Linda Joan Taylor. Career Guidance Practitioner and chief executive, Connexions South London. For voluntary and public service to Young People. (London, SW19); Paul Noel Thornton. For services to the Actuarial Profession. (Dorking, Surrey); Alan Claude Tolhurst. For voluntary service to the community in South Yorkshire. (Worksop, Nottinghamshire); Nigel John Turner. Director of Human Resources, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. For services to the NHS and to the community in London. (London, E18); Dr Walter Harold William Tuttlebee. Chief executive, Mobile VCE. For services to the Telecommunications Industry. (Romsey, Hampshire); Mrs Sandra Anne Verkuyten. Chief executive and Registrar, Hearing Aid Council. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London and Essex. (Brentwood, Essex); Professor Sylvia Walby. Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University. For services to Equal Opportunities and to Diversity. (Lancaster, Lancashire); Mrs Rhiannon Ellis Walker. President, Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales. For services to Education and to the community in North Wales. (Tattenhall, Cheshire); Reginald Watson. County Councillor and Chair, Cumbria Police Authority. For services to the Police and to the community in Cumbria. (Carlisle, Cumbria); John Arthur Webster. Traffic and Road Safety manager, London Borough of Hillingdon. For services to Local Government. (Ruislip, Middlesex); Mrs Amelia Lindsey Wharmby. Education consultant, Association of School and College Leaders. For services to Education. (Ilkley, West Yorkshire); David John Whiting. Chartered Tax Adviser. For public service. (Hertfordshire); Hugh Richard Vaughan Morgan-Williams. Chair, Canford Group plc. For services to Business in the North East. (Thirsk, North Yorkshire); John Valentine Williams. Formerly director Qualifications and Curriculum Group, Welsh Assembly Government. For public and voluntary service. (Newport, Gwent); Roy Samuel Williams. Playwright. For services to Drama. (London, W10); Professor Louise Janet Wilson. For services to Education and to the Fashion Industry. (London, N16); Julian Woolfson. Chair of Governors, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London. For voluntary service to Higher Education. (London, SE3); Mark Worrall. Leader, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. For public and voluntary service to Local Government. (Kent); Dr Timothy Wreghitt. Regional Microbiologist, Health Protection Agency, East of England. For services to National Health Virology Service Provision. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire); David John Yeandle. Deputy director of Employment Policy, EEF. For services to Engineering and Manufacturing Employers. (Eastleigh, Hampshire).