2002 Birthday Honours

• Professor Peter Robert Frank Bell. Professor of Surgery, Leicester. For services to Surgery. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• Peter Thomas Blake, CBE. Artist. For services to Art. (London, W4)
• Brian Anthony Briscoe. Chief executive, Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. (Maidstone, Kent)
• Professor Partha Sarathi Dasgupta. Frank Ramsay Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge. For services to Economics. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Robert Dowling. Headteacher, George Dixon Secondary School and Sixth Form College and also of Selly Oak Special School. For services to Special Needs Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Roy Alan Gardner. Chief executive, Centrica plc. For services to the Gas and Electricity Industries. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
• Max Macdonald Hastings. Lately Editor, Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph. For services to Journalism. (Hungerford, Berkshire)
• Michael Philip Jagger (Mick Jagger). Singer and Songwriter. For services to popular music.
• Professor Ian Kershaw. Professor of Modern History, University of Sheffield. For services to History. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
• Professor Peter Julius Lachmann. For services to Medical Science. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Professor John Stuart Lilleyman. Head, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Barts and The London School of Medicine. For services to Pathology. (Keysoe, Bedfordshire)
• Professor Colin Renshaw Lucas. Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Philip John Courtney Mawer. Lately secretary General, Archbishops' Council and General Synod of the Church of England. For services to the Church of England. (Welwyn, Hertfordshire)
• Thomas Fulton Wilson McKillop. Chief executive, AstraZeneca. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (London, SW1W)
• Graham Meldrum, CBE, QFSM. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Warwick, Warwickshire)
• Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE. Opera director. For services to music and the arts. (London, W4)
• Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon, MBE. For services to Industry. (London, SW1)
• Trevor Robert Nunn, CBE. Director. For services to the Theatre. (London, W6)
• Peter Rigby. For services to Information Technology and to Business in the West Midlands. (Solihull, West Midlands)
• Robert William Robson, CBE. For services to Association Football. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• David Calvert-Smith, QC. Director of Public Prosecutions. (London)
• Brian John Stewart, CBE. Chairman, Scottish and Newcastle plc. For services to Industry. (Edinburgh)
• Anthony John Patrick Vineall. Lately chairman, School Teachers' Review Body. For services to Education. (Guildford, Surrey)
• Alfred Cecil Walker, JP. For political and public service. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
• Keith Roderick Whitson. Group chief executive, HSBC Holdings plc. For services to Banking. (London, SW7)
• David Wilmot, QPM, DL. Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police. (Cheshire)
• Nicholas Raymond Winterton, MP. Member of Parliament for Macclesfield. For services to Parliament. (Congleton, Cheshire)
• Ronald Wayne De Witt. Chief executive, North West London Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS. (London, SW5)
• Anthony Ian Young. Lately Senior Deputy General secretary, Communication Workers' Union; president, TUC; Governor, BBC. For services to Employment Relations. (Middlesex)

• Sir Michael Eliot Howard, CBE, MC. Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. For services to Military Studies. (Hungerford, Berkshire)
• Harold Pinter, CBE. Playwright. For services to Literature. (London, W10)

• Admiral Sir Nigel Richard Essenhigh, K.C.B., A.D.C.
• Sir (Gerald) Hayden Phillips, KCB. Permanent secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. (London)

• Lieutenant General Alistair Stuart Hastings Irwin, C.B.E., late The Black Watch.
• Jon Deacon Shortridge. Permanent secretary, National Assembly for Wales. (Cardiff)
• Robin Urquhart Young. Permanent secretary, Department of Trade and Industry. (London, SW1V)

Military Division

• Vice Admiral Peter Arthur Dunt.
• Major General Anthony Arthur Milton, O.B.E.
• Lieutenant General Robert Clark Menzies, O.B.E., Q.H.S., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major General Robin Vincent Searby, late 9th/12th Royal Lancers.
• Air Marshal Clifford Rodney Spink, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Nigel John Sudborough, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Professor Mansel Aylward. Chief Medical Adviser and Medical director, Department for Work and Pensions. (Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan)
• Ian Brooke. Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Mrs Hilary Kay Douglas. Managing director, Corporate Services and Development, HM Treasury. (Walton on Thames, Surrey)
• Peter Garland. Director of Health and Social Care, North, Department of Health. (Ilkley, West Yorkshire)
• Douglas Alexander Osler. HM Senior chief inspector of Education, Scottish Executive. (Haddington, East Lothian)
• Alastair Harkness Papps. Lately Associate director, Centre for Management and Policy Studies, Cabinet Office and Operational director, HM Prison Service. (Alnwick, Northumberland)
• Ms Alice Elizabeth Perkins (Mrs Straw). Head, Civil Service Corporate Management and Reform, Cabinet Office.
• David Francis William Pickup. Solicitor, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (London, SE1)
• Godfrey Robson. Director of Policy, Health Department, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
• David James Watkins. For Public Service. (Belfast)

• Sir David John Wright, K.C.M.G., L.V.O., Group Chief Executive, British Trade International.

• Colin Richard Budd, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, The Hague.
• Brian Lee Crowe, C.M.G., lately Director-General of the External Services of the Council Secretariat of the European Union.
• Jeremy Frederick Lever, Q.C. For services to European Community and competition law.
• Francis Neville Richards, C.M.G., C.V.O., Director, GCHQ.
• Professor Edward Adam Roberts. For services to the study and practice of international relations.

• Desmond John Bowen. For services to NATO. (London)
• Martin Eugene Donnelly. Deputy head, European Secretariat, Cabinet Office. (London)
• William Varley Fell, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Professor Christopher John Greenwood, Q.C.. For services to Public International Law.
• Denise Mary, Mrs. Holt, lately Director Personnel, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Professor Tecwyn Jones, O.B.E. For services to Biotech-International.
• Colonel John Mark Kane, O.B.E., late The Royal Logistic Corps.
• Gerald John Liston, Head Resources, British Council Headquarters.
• Nicolas Wolfers Lorne MacLean of Pennycross. For services to UK-Japanese and Asian relations.
• Peter Michael Mathews. Founder, Black Country Metals Ltd. For services to Export. (Kinver, West Midlands)
• Sarah Frances, Mrs Morphet, lately Research Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• John Valentine Silcock, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.
• Anthony Francis Smith, lately British High Commissioner, Kingston.
• Lloyd Barnaby Smith, H.M. Ambassador, Bangkok.
• William Llewelyn Stow. Deputy permanent Representative to the EU, Department of Trade and Industry. (Kent)
• Richard Timmis Turner, OBE. Group Marketing director, Rolls-Royce plc. For services to Trade and Investment. (London, W11)
• Nicholas Alan Thorne, Counsellor, UKMis, New York.

• Stephen Mark Jeffrey Lamport, CVO. Private secretary and Treasurer to The Prince of Wales.
• Col John Bradford Timmins, OBE, TD, JP. Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.

• Capt Martin John Appleton. Royal Navy, formerly director-General, King George's Fund for Sailors.
• Capt Michael Ernest Barrow, DSO. Royal Navy, Gentleman Usher to The Queen.
• Michael Edward Kilby Hewlett, LVO. Formerly managing director, Royal Collection Enterprises.
• Air Vice-Marshal Barry Hamilton Newton, CB, OBE. Gentleman Usher to The Queen.

• Paul Martin Almond, MVO. Assistant to the Crown Equerry.
• James William Charles Moir. BBC Royal Liaison.
• Mrs Donna Claire Mowbray, MVO. Accountant, Property Services.
• Lt Col Nigel John Newman. Chapter Clerk, St. George's Chapel.
• Miss Viola Bridget Pemberton-Pigott, MVO. Senior Paintings Conservator, Royal Collection.
• Geoffrey Brian Skelsey. Principal assistant Registrar, University of Cambridge.
• Miss Gillian Irene Wickham, MVO. Payroll Supervisor, Royal Household.

• Dr John David Keith Burton, CBE. Formerly Coroner to the Royal Household.
• Sydney William Creamer. R. A. Creamer and Son. For services to the Royal Household.
• John Martin Curr. Assistant chief Accountant, Royal Household.
• Lt Cdr William Nicholas Entwisle. Royal Navy; formerly Equerry to The Prince of Wales.
• Mrs Amanda Jane Foster. Press Officer, The Prince of Wales's Household.
• Alec Jacobs. Surveyor of Works, Crown Estate, Windsor.
• Richard George Lewis. Gentleman of The Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace.
• John Douglas Mitchell, OBE. For services to The Prince's Trust.
• Miss Elizabeth Jane Potter (Mrs Anslow). Formerly Farrer & Co. For services to the Royal Household.
• Grahame Alexander Storey. Accountant, Royal Studs.
• Graham Donald Trew. Gentleman of The Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace.
• Lt Col Richard Alan Waterer, OBE. Commandant, Royal Marines School of Music and Principal director of Music, Royal Marines Band Service.
• Capt John Roger Wilson. Public Enterprises Administrator, Balmoral Estate.

• David Hugh Farrow, RVM, formerly tractor driver, Sandringham Estate.

• John Nelson Hart, RVM, Beat Keeper, Sandringham Estate.
• Richard Clive Lines, RVM, painter and decorator, Sandringham Estate.
• Adrian Osborne, RVM, foreman electrician, Sandringham Estate.

• Roy Keith Barnett. Yeoman Bed Goer, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• Miss Ruby Sandra Capstick. Head Housemaid, Windsor Castle.
• Julian Charles George Clare. Assistant Drawings Restorer, Royal Library.
• Adrian John Denman. Head Gardener, Windsor Castle.
• Mrs Megan Gent. Paper Conservator, Royal Archives.
• Michael Robert Hancock. Painter and Decorator, Crown Estate, Windsor.
• Constable Robin Arthur Jary. Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police.
• Huw Cefin Jones. Junior Sous Chef, Royal Kitchens.
• Joseph Geoffrey Last, BEM. Head Chauffeur, Royal Mews.
• Peter James Lea. Formerly Office Keeper, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.
• David John Oates. Coachman, Royal Mews.
• John William Stanyard. Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• Neville William Taylor. Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• David William Thorne. Ranger, Country Park, Sandringham Estate.
• David Edgar Waters. Formerly Woodman, Crown Estate, Windsor.
• Thomas William Wells. Estate Foreman, Lancashire Survey, Duchy of Lancaster.
• David Frank Westwood. Exhibitions and Maintenance Conservator, Royal Library.
• Raymond Wheaton. Page of the Chambers, Master of the Household's Department.

• Sir Ronald Flanagan, OBE. Lately chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Northern Ireland. (London, SW1H)

• Mrs Ruth Lynn Deech. Lately chairman. For services to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Miss Judith Mayhew. Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, Corporation of London. For services to the City of London. (London, EC4V)
• Miss Janet Ritterman. Director, Royal College of Music. For services to Music.

• Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. For services to humanitarian causes and the arts.
• Nicholas Walker Browne, C.M.G., lately H.M.Ambassador, Tehran.

Military Division

• Brigadier Roderick James Croucher. Late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Brigadier Christopher Gibbs Holtom. Late Intelligence Corps.
• Colonel Christopher John Murray. Late The Royal Logistic Corps.
• Brigadier Malcolm David Wood, MBE. Late The Royal Logistic Corps.

Civilian Division

• Alexander Dalgety Adamson. Divisional Manager, Pupil Standards Division, Department for Education and Skills. (London, SW14)
• Professor William Richard Allen. Director, Equine Fertility Unit, University of Cambridge. For services to Horseracing and Equine Science. (Newmarket, Suffolk)
• Brian Appleton. Vice Chairman, London Transport. For services to Safety Management. (Bath, Somerset)
• Professor John Stuart Archer. Principal and Vice Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University. For services to Higher Education. (Hermiston Currie, Midlothian)
• John Ashford. Director, The Place Theatre. For services to Dance. (London, WC1H)
• Miss Susan Atkinson. Regional Director, Public Health and Medical Director, London, Department of Health.
• Professor Raymond Baker, FRS. Lately Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. For services to Science. (Dursley, Gloucestershire)
• Ms Urmila Banerjee. Member, Cabinet Office Management Board. For services to Modernisation of the Civil Service. (London, SW3)
• Ralph Mitchell Bernard. Chairman, GWR Group plc. For services to Radio Broadcasting. (Marlborough, Wiltshire)
• Frank Blin. Head, UK Regions and Industries, PriceWaterhouseCoopers. For services to the Financial Sector. (Newton Mearns, Glasgow)
• Peter Boeuf. Lately Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. (Devon)
• Professor William Arthur Brown. Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. For services to Employment Relations. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• John Anthony Charles Buckels. Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth and Children's Hospitals, Birmingham. For services to Transplant Surgery. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Professor Roger John Bull. Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of Plymouth. For services to Higher Education. (Tavistock, Devon)
• Alan Grant Campbell. Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Aberdeen)
• Brian Cass. Managing Director, Huntingdon Life Sciences Group plc. For services to Medical Research. (Cambridgeshire)
• Jonathan Philip Charkham. For services to Business. (London, SW7)
• Ian David Church. Editor, Official Report, House of Commons. (East Grinstead, West Sussex)
• Mrs Pauline Ann Clare, QPM, DL. Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Lancashire)
• Richard Temple Cox. Chairman, Castle Vale Housing Action Trust. For services to the Regeneration of Birmingham.
• Robert William Kenneth Crawford. Director-General, Imperial War Museum. For services to Museums. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
• Thomas Phillip Noel Crowley, DL. Presiding Officer, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. (Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot)
• David Kenneth Cunningham. Headteacher, Hillhead High School, Glasgow. For services to Education. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)
• Robert Dickins. Chairman, Instant Karma Records. For services to the music industry. (London, SW1W)
• Professor Ann Patricia Dowling (Mrs Hynes). Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge. For services to Mechanical Engineering.
• Ian James Dudson, DL. Chief Executive Officer, Dudson's Ltd. For services to the Ceramics Industry. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)
• John Harold Ebdon. Deputy Chief Executive, Valuation Office Agency, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire)
• Thomas Edward Dacombe Eddy. Grade 5, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Esher, Surrey)
• Anthony John Edge. Lately Director of Field Operations for Wales, Midlands and the South, Department for Work and Pensions. (Upminster, Essex)
• Iain Scott Elrick. Lately Chief Executive, Defence Bills Agency, Ministry of Defence. (Ledbury, Herefordshire)
• Mrs Jean Elizabeth Ensing. Lately President, British Association of Early Childhood Education. For services to Early Years Education. (Bognor Regis, West Sussex)
• Professor Hubert Roy Evans. Vice Chancellor, University of Wales, Bangor. For services to Higher Education. (Anglesey, Gwynedd)
• John Anthony Leonard Faint. International Director, Department for International Development. (London, SW19)
• Keith John Faulkner. Managing Director, Working Links. For services to Industry and to Unemployed People. (Maidenhead, Berkshire)
• Sebastian Charles Faulks. Writer. For services to Literature. (London, SW10)
• David John Fletcher. Chief Executive, British Waterways. For services to Inland Waterways. (Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire)
• Ms Shelia Mary Forbes. For services to Women in the Workforce. (London, W11)
• John Richard Forrest. For services to the Radio and Communications Industry. (London, SW10)
• Kenneth Peat Forrest. Lately Director, International Oil and Gas Business Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)
• Mrs Joanna Katharine Foster. For services to the World of Work and to Equal Opportunities. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Samuel Foster, MLA. For political and public service. (Enniskillen, Fermanagh)
• Mrs Elizabeth Irene France. Information commissioner. For services to Data Protection. (Lymm, Cheshire)
• Samuel Richard Gallop, OBE. For services to People with Disabilities. (London, SE21)
• Donald James Gelling. Lately Chief Minister. For services to the Isle of Man. (Santon, Isle of Man)
• Mrs Elizabeth Jon Grimsey, LVO. Director, Judicial Group, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Walton on Thames, Surrey)
• Miss Zaha Hadid. Architect. For services to Architecture. (London, EC1R)
• David Ross Harper. Chief Scientist, Public Health and Clinical Quality Directorate, Department of Health. (London, SE3)
• Jonathan David Harris, OBE. Lately President, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For services to the Surveying Profession. (London, NW3)
• Professor Michael Patrick Hassell, FRS. Principal, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London. For services to Population Ecology. (Ascot, Berkshire)
• William Edward Hesketh. For services to Public Transport. (Dunadry, Antrim)
• Richard Michael Hickman. Lately Chief Reporter, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
• Richard Sidney Hickox. Conductor. For services to music. (London, N1)
• Professor Marian Elizabeth Hobson (Mrs Jeanneret). Professor of French, Queen Mary College, University of London. For services to French Language and Literature.
• Graham John Hooker. Head of Detection, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex)
• Ms Rebecca Howard. For services to Nursing and Health Care Management. (New Brighton, Merseyside)
• Gordon Charles Keymer. Leader, Tandridge District Council. For services to Local Government. (Oxted, Surrey)
• Professor Ann-Louise Kinmonth. Professor of General Practice, University of Cambridge. For services to Primary Care Research and Development. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Ms Francoise Mathilde Leake. Headteacher, Westborough High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. For services to Education. (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire)
• Professor Arthur Maurice Lucas. Principal, King's College, London. For services to Higher Education. (London, SW1A)
• William Macquarie Lyne, MBE. Director, Wigmore Hall. For services to Music.
• Richard Auld Macdonald. Director General, National Farmers' Union. For services to Agriculture. (South Morton, Oxfordshire)
• Ms Susan Katriona MacGregor, OBE. For services to Radio Broadcasting. (London, NW1)
• William Kenneth MacIver. For services to the Aerospace Industry. (Shipston-on -Stour, Warwickshire)
• Mrs Mavis Maclean. For services to Research in the Justice System. (London, NW3)
• Professor Peter James Marshall. Historian. For services to History. (Ware, Hertfordshire)
• Christopher Masters. Lately Chairman, Aggreko plc. For services to Industry. (Edinburgh)
• Professor John Vincent McCanny. For services to Engineering and Higher Education. (Newtownards, Down)
• William Arthur McKee, JP. Lately Director General, British Property Federation. For services to the Property Industry. (Tadworth, Surrey)
• Professor Cecil Hugh McMurray. For Public Service. (Helen's Bay, Down)
• Charles Gordon Brown Nicholson, QC. Sheriff Principal, Lothian and Borders. For services to the Administration of Justice in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
• Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman. Founder, Norman Trust and Roundhouse. For services to Disadvantaged Young People. (London, NW1)
• Thomas O'Neill. Senior Vice President, Thales Defence UK. For services to the Defence Industry. (Whitecraigs, Glasgow)
• Professor (Thomas) Martin Partington. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Bristol)
• Ian Harry Peattie. Assistant Paymaster General, National Investment and Loans Office. (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)
• Professor William Brian Peeling. For services to Urology. (Newport, Gwent)
• Tom Phillips. Painter, Writer and Composer. For services to the Arts. (London, SE15)
• Ian Plenderleith. Lately Executive Director. For services to the Bank of England. (Petworth, West Sussex)
• Professor Christopher John Pollock. Director, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research. For services to the Environment. (Ceredigion)
• Clifford James Prior. Chief Executive, National Schizophrenia Fellowship. For services to Health Care. (London, N15)
• Paul Maximilian Rayner. Lately Principal Establishment and Finance Officer, Serious Fraud Office. (Tonbridge, Kent)
• The Rt Hon Edward Rowlands. For services to the History of Parliament Trust. (Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan)
• Miss Gillian Mary Ryder Samuels. Senior Director, Science Policy and Scientific Affairs Europe. For services to the Bioscience and Pharmaceutical Industries.
• Professor Peter John Schuddeboom. For services to Enterprise, Trade and Investment. (Harwell, Oxfordshire)
• Professor Robert Wayne Shaw. Lately President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to Medicine. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Ms Valerie Shawcross. Lately Leader, London Borough of Croydon. For services to Local Government. (London, SE19)
• Christopher John Shepley. Chief Planning Inspector and Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Widcombe, Bath)
• Anthony Charles Sleeman. Director, Southern England, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Woking, Surrey)
• John Despenser Spencely. Architect. For services to Architecture. (Edinburgh)
• Malcolm Frederick Stamp. Chief Executive, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Norwich, Norfolk)
• Frederick Nigel Summers. Chief Executive, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Regeneration and to Partnership Working. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Ian Pollock Sword, FRSE., Chairman, Inveresk Research. For services to Research, Education and Enterprise. (Edinburgh)
• Professor June Thoburn. Professor of Social Work, University of East Anglia. For services to Social Work. (Norwich, Norfolk)
• Professor Alison Tierney. Head of Department, Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh. For services to Nursing Research and Education. (Edinburgh)
• Brian James Turner. Chef and Restaurateur. For services to Tourism and to Training in the Catering Industry. (Stanmore, Middlesex)
• Ms Sandra Diane Unerman. Director, Planning, Local Government, Housing and Employment Directorate, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (London, N12)
• Sushil Baldev Wadhwani. For services to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. (Kingston upon Thames, Surrey)
• Miss Diana Marion Walford. Director, Public Health Laboratory Service. For services to Public Health.
• James Lamont Walker. President, National Farmers' Union of Scotland. For services to Agriculture. (Sanquhar, Dumfries)
• Mrs Perween Warsi, MBE. Managing Director, S and A Foods Ltd. For services to Business. (Derby, Derbyshire)
• The Reverend Christian Oliver Weaver, MBE, JP. Head, Pilgrim Church UK. For services to Racial Equality. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Christine Anne Whatford. Lately Chief Education Officer, Hammersmith and Fulham, London. For services to Education. (London, SE23)
• Philip Michael White. Chief Executive, National Express. For services to Public Transport. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• David Houston Will. Vice-President, Executive Committee of FIFA. For services to Association Football. (Brechin, Angus)
• Kenneth Robert Williams, QPM. Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Norfolk)
• Mrs Catherine Fiona Woolf. Senior Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna. For services to the UK Knowledge Economy and Invisible Earnings. (Esher, Surrey)

Diplomatic Service and Overseas

• Professor Michael Balls. For services to humane animal research.
• Iain Leonard Dale, OBE. For services to International trade.
• Evan Mervyn Davies. For services to British financial interests and the community, Hong Kong.
• Roger Gordon Fry, OBE. For services to the Council of British Independent Schools in the European Community.
• Henry Thomas Putnam, OBE. For services to the British Institute of Florence.

• The Most Rev Father Oluwole Aremu Abiola. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.
• Professor Josephine Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History and Theory, University of Essex. For services to Art History. (London, N6)
• Robert Alexander. District Manager, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Carnoustie, Angus)
• Professor Anne Harper Anderson. Professor of Psychology, University of Glasgow. For services to Social Science. (Glasgow)
• The Very Rev John Robert Arnold, Dean of Durham. For services to the European Ecumenical Movement. (Durham)
• John Michael Stewart Arnott. Chairman, Scottish Wildlife Trust. For services to Conservation. (Edinburgh)
• Philip Barry Ashmore. Director, Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd. For services to the New Deal in Northumberland. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
• The Rev Canon Richard William Bryant Atkinson. For services to Unemployed People in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• Ms Mary Josephine Auckland. Director of Library and Learning Resources, London Institute. For services to Librarianship. (Hatfield Peveral, Essex)
• Waqar Azmi, Chief Executive, Worcestershire Racial Equality Council and Race Equality West Midlands. For services to Community Life in the West Midlands. (Barnt Green, Worcestershire)
• Mrs Susan Mary Bailey. Clinical Manager, Gardner Unit, Salford. For services to Youth Justice.
• Nicholas John Baker. Head, National Teams, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Hertfordshire)
• Jonathan Eric Bardon. For services to Community Life. (Belfast)
• Nicolas John Barker. For services to Charity and Books. (London, W11)
• Robert John Baty. Chief Executive, South West Water Ltd. For services to the Water Industry. (Ottery St Mary, Devon)
• Keith Malcolm Baughan. Vice President, Research, Nokia. For services to Research into Mobile Communications. (Alton, Hampshire)
• Professor Steven Peter Beaumont. Director, Institute for System Level Integration. For services to Electronics and Nanotechnology. (Glasgow)
• Ms Jacqueline Ann Beere, Advanced Skills Teacher, Campion School, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. For services to Education. (Towcester, Northamptonshire)
• Mrs Avril Elizabeth Beynon. Human Resources Director, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Ammanford, Dyfed)
• Miss Irene Veronica Bird. Governor, HM Prison/Young Offender Institution, New Hall, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• Alexander Paul Blakeley. Chief Executive, Talisman Energy UK Ltd. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry. (Montrose, Angus)
• Tom Blumenau. For services to the field of human rights[3]
• John Emanuel Bodie. For charitable services, especially to Health and Education. (London, W1K)
• Edwin Roy Pratt Boorman, DL. For services to the Royal British Legion in Kent. (Wateringbury, Kent)
• James Brodie. Chair, Victim Support Scotland. For services to the Victims of Crime. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Peter Brokenshire. Lately Chairman, Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority. For services to Health Care. (Loughton, Essex)
• Timothy Frederick Brookman. Marketing Executive, AgustaWestland. For services to the Defence Industry. (Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset)
• James Brown. Director of Integration, Scottish Water. For services to the Water Industry. (Dunblane, Perth and Kinross)
• Col Mark Mackenzie Carnegie-Brown. Lately Swordbearer. For services to the Corporation of London. (Cornwall)
• Samuel Jeffrey Brown. Rector, Moffat Academy. For services to Education. (Moffat, Dumfries)
• Nigel Bryson. Director, Health and Environment, GMB Union. For services to Occupational Health and Safety. (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
• Ms Pamela Elizabeth Buckley. Specialty Manager, Urology and Renal Services, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• Jonathan Burnett. Principal, Truro College, Cornwall. For services to Further Education. (Penzance, Cornwall)
• William John Burnett. Audit Manager, National Audit Office. (Letchworth, Hertfordshire)
• Simon James Butler. Tactical Systems Manager, BAE Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (North Harrow, Middlesex)
• Ms Dinah Caine. Chief Executive, Skillset. For services to the Media Industry. (London, NW5)
• Miss Catherine Joan Caldwell. Director of Midwifery and Deputy director, Nursing Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter Health Care NHS Trust. For services to Modern Retention Initiatives. (Exeter, Devon)
• Mrs Jacqueline Sybil Chambers. Director of Public Health, Birmingham. For services to Public Health Medicine.
• Ms Caroline Charles, Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, SW1)
• Mrs Beth Chatto, Chairman and Managing Director, Beth Chatto Gardens. For services to Horticulture. (Colchester, Essex)
• Michael Paul Clancy. Director, Parliamentary Liaison, Law Society of Scotland. For services to the Legal Profession. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Fiona Clarke. Joint Co-ordinator, Kids VIP. For services to Prisoners' Children. (Winchester, Hampshire)
• David John Cleland. For Public Service. (Belfast)
• David Clifford, DL. Managing Director, Port of Tyne Authority. For services to Business in North East England. (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
• Charles Cochrane. For services to the Council of Civil Service Unions. (Harlow, Essex)
• Professor David Noel Murray Coggon. For services to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. (Awbridge, Hampshire)
• Ms Christine Collier. Chief Executive, Cumbria Tourist Board. For services to Tourism.
• Maurice Collins. For services to Disabled People. (London, N2)
• Ms Christina Conroy. Principal, Richmond Adult and Community College, Surrey. For services to Further Education. (East Molesey, Surrey)
• Mrs Fionnuala Cook, JP. For services to Health and Social Services. (Banbridge, Down)
• John Cousil. Lately Headteacher, Dale Grove Special School and head, Tameside EBD Service. For services to Special Needs Education. (Glossop, Derbyshire)
• Mrs Joan Cowell. Headteacher, Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Vale of Glamorgan. For services to Education. (Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot)
• Mrs Barbara Elizabeth Cross. Headteacher, Barton Primary School, Torquay, Devon. For services to Education. (Exeter, Devon)
• Col The Hon Richard Nicholas Crossley, TD, DL. For services to the community, especially the Ocean Youth Trust, in North East England. (Malton, North Yorkshire)
• Mrs Eleanor Jean Currie. Lately Director of Education, East Renfrewshire Council. For services to Education. (Millhall by Eaglesham, Glasgow)
• Ms Ann Darnbrough. Director, National Information Forum. For services to Disabled People. (London, SE15)
• Christopher John Davis. Detective Constable, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police. (Brackley, Northamptonshire)
• Ian Malcolm Dawson. For services to the St. John Ambulance Civil Aviation Centre. (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
• Christopher Dee. Lately Deputy Director, Diversity and Equality, Department of Trade and Industry. (London, SE26)
• Paul Diamond. For services to the Packaging Industry. (Londonderry)
• Mrs Ann Dolphin. Deputy Change Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Darlington, Durham)
• William Duffy. Principal, St. Mary's, Kenmure. For services to Special Needs Education. (Bishopbriggs, Glasgow)
• Miss Rosemary Carole Dunhill. Lately County Archivist, Hampshire Record Office. For services to Archives. (Winchester, Hampshire)
• Francis Dunnet. Chairman, Holland House Electrical Co. Ltd. For services to Shipbuilding and Electrical Engineering. (Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire)
• Robert Dewar Dunsmore. Conservator, Highland Conservancy, Forestry Commission. (Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty)
• Stephen Alexander Edwards. Director, East Manchester Education Action Zone. For services to the New Deal for Young People. (Birkenhead, Merseyside)
• William Edwards. For services to Cricket in Wales. (Swansea)
• Toby Ewin. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Elizabeth Boscawen The Viscountess Falmouth, DL. For charitable services to the community in Cornwall.
• Robin Leimpster Farmer. Chairman, Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Chester, Cheshire)
• Robert Scholes Ferguson. For services to Health Care. (Muckamore, Antrim)
• Mrs Mary Kathleen Fielder. Lately HM Inspector of Probation. For services to the Probation Service. (Alderley Edge, Cheshire)
• David Gant. Lately Deputy Governor, HM Prison Full Sutton, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• Mrs Gillian Denise Garbutt. Community Education Manager, Northern Ryedale District, Pickering, North Yorkshire. For services to Young People. (Pickering, North Yorkshire)
• Stephen Gardiner, Architect. For services to Community Architecture. (London, SW3)
• Michael Vincent Garnett. Area Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
• Richard David Harvey Gem. For services to the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England. (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire)
• Nicholas Frank John Gibbons, MBE. Crisis Management Team Leader, Cabinet Office. (Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex)
• John Lane-Gilhespy. Assistant Secretary of Commissions, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
• Professor Dudley Trevor Goodhead. Director, Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Medical Research Council. For services to Medical Research. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Alexander Grant. Director, Norfrost Ltd. For services to Engineering and the Environment. (West Watten, Caithness)
• Michael Green. Lately Chairman, Southern Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. (Christchurch, Dorset)
• Barry Griffiths. Violinist. For services to Music. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
• Donald Hale. Lately Editor, The Matlock Mercury. For services to campaign journalism. (Matlock, Derbyshire)
• Mrs Marjory Maud Hall. For services to the Townswomen's Guild. (Preston, Lancashire)
• Miss Judith Christine Hanratty. Company Secretary, BP. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry. (London, SW3)
• Charles St. John Hartnell. For services to the community in Bristol. (Temple Cloud, Bristol)
• Ms Kato Havas, Violin and Viola Teacher. For services to Music. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• James Joseph Heaney. Deputy Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Ballymena, Antrim)
• Ms Merylyn Anne McKenzie Hedger. Lately Director, UK Climate Impacts Programme. For services to Climate Change Assessment.
• Neil Heslop. For services to BT and to Blind in Business. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)
• Mrs Pearl Daisy Jebaranee Hettiaratchy. Consultant. For services to Old Age Psychiatry.
• Thomas Hill. Vice-president, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services. For services to Young People. (Trowbridge, Wiltshire)
• Norman Frederick Hoare. Headteacher, St. George's School, Hertfordshire. For services to Education. (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
• Michael Horovitz, Poet. For services to Literature. (London, W11)
• John Horton. Operations Director, Alvis Vehicles Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
• John Le May Howard. Director of Safety Policy, Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents. For services to Safety. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Ian Campbell Purves-Hume. For services to the Agricultural Benevolent Society. (Gorebridge, Midlothian)
• Noel Campbell Hunter. Director of Libraries, Heritage and Trading Standards, Warwickshire County Council. For services to Trading Standards. (Lighthorne, Warwickshire)
• Professor Janet Elizabeth Siarey Husband. Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, University of London. For services to Cancer Imaging.
• Margaret Mary, Lady Huxtable. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in North Yorkshire. (Leyburn, North Yorkshire)
• Mrs Marjorie Imlah, JP. For services to the Wrens Association. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
• Mrs Patricia Jackson. Manager, Birchwood Access and Training Centre, Lincoln. For services to Training and Skills. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
• Paul Jenkins. National Project Manager, NHS Direct, Department of Health. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
• Denis Frederick Jessopp, MBE. Chair, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Crickhowell, Powys)
• Ms Marie Jones, Actress and Playwright. For services to Drama. (Belfast)
• Neil Anthony Jones, TD, DL. Principal Estates Surveyor, National Assembly for Wales. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Andrew Charles Keenan. Solicitor. For services to the Legal Aid Board in London. (Bromley, Kent)
• Anthony Denis Kennan. For services to the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee. (Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Mrs Elizabeth Anne Keys. For services to Rural Development. (Moneymore, Londonderry)
• Sqn Ldr Kenneth Christopher Kime. Royal Air Force. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association-Forces Help in Cleveland.
• Mrs Terry King. Grade 6, Department for Work and Pensions. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
• Miss Betty Laine, Founder, Laine Theatre Arts, Surrey. For services to the Performing Arts. (Epsom, Surrey)
• Francis Patrick Lennon. Headteacher, St. Modan's High School, Stirling. For services to Education. (Rutherglen, Glasgow)
• Mrs Christine Elizabeth Lewis. Chair, Wales Agri-Food Partnership. For services to Agriculture and to the Food Industry. (Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd)
• Professor David Noel Livingstone. For services to Geography and History. (Belfast)
• Gerald Lowe. For services to the Food Industry. (Carryduff, Belfast)
• Martin John Brodie Lowe. Lately Secretary to the University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education. (Gullane, East Lothian)
• David Charles Lunn. For services to the English Tourism Council. (Bourne End, Buckinghamshire)
• Thomas Storrar Macadam. Dental Surgeon. For services to Dentistry and to the General Dental Council. (Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire)
• Ewan Beaton MacDonald. Senior Lecturer, Department of Health, University of Glasgow. For services to Occupational Medicine. (Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire)
• William Magee. Secretary, Accounts Commission for Scotland. For services to Local Government. (Edinburgh)
• Gordon Laurence Mann. Managing Director, Crichton Trust and Crichton Development Co. Ltd. For services to Higher Education. (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries)
• Maurice Marshall. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Tonbridge, Kent)
• Geoffrey John Marston. For services to the Sheffield Forgemasters Group and to Export. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• David Stanley Martin. Parliamentary Clerk, HM Treasury. (Walderslade, Kent)
• Mrs Elizabeth Angela Mason, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice in Birmingham. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Professor Paul Michael Mather. For services to the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Joan McCloy. Lately President, Irish Hockey Association. For services to Hockey. (Belfast)
• Brian Shane McElney. For services to the Bath Museum of East Asian Art. (Bath, Somerset)
• Martin McGuigan. For services to the Electronics Industry. (Ballymoney, Antrim)
• James Stanley McIlvenny. For services to Economic Development. (Eglinton, Londonderry)
• Ronald John McLean. Counsellor, Glasgow Opportunities. For services to Inventors in Scotland. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Mrs Evelyn Mary Collette McNelis. For services to Business Education. (Londonderry)
• Gordon Robert Meek. For services to the Rural Economy in Northumberland. (Ponteland, Northumberland)
• Edwin Robert Mills, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice in Nottinghamshire. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Elizabeth Mills. Third Age Adviser, Science Museum. For services to Ageing Research. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Christopher Robert Mitchell. Chairman, Community Services Committee. For services to the Corporation of London. (Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire)
• Miss Diane Hope Montague. For services to Agricultural Journalism. (Bromley, Kent)
• David Shaw Moore, TD. Chief Executive, Association for Science Education. For services to Science Education. (Solihull, West Midlands)
• Andrew Valentine Morris. Chief Executive, Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Camberley, Surrey)
• Hugh Trevor Morris. Divisional Veterinary Manager, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Llandudno, Conwy)
• Timothy Chadwick Morris. Senior Manager, Lifer Unit, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex)
• Mrs Elizabeth Janet Morrison. Lead Cancer Support Nurse, Kingston NHS Trust. For services to Cancer Patients. (Surbiton, Surrey)
• Miss Margaret Marie Murray. Nurse Consultant, Orthopaedic Nursing Practice, South Tees Hospital NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)
• Colin Raymond Mylchreest. Grade 7, Food Standards Agency. (Letchworth, Hertfordshire)
• Gordon Neale. Chief Executive, Disability Sport England. For services to Disabled Sport. (Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear)
• Mrs Stella Newton. Area Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
• David Noble. Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities. For services to Flood Defence and to Land Drainage. (St Agnes, Cambridgeshire)
• William Andrew Oddy, lately Keeper of Conservation, British Museum. For services to Museum Conservation. (Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire)
• Iain Stanley Ovens. Principal, Dundee College. For services to Further Education. (Barnton, Edinburgh)
• John Joseph Owens. Chief Executive, Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Bothwell, Lanarkshire)
• Arabinda Palit. Lately Consultant Paediatrician, Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. (Narberth, Pembrokeshire)
• James Gordon Parker. Registrar. For services to the Public Lending Right. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
• The Ven Brian Harold Partington. For services to the community, especially Sport, on the Isle of Man. (Douglas, Isle of Man)
• James Richard John Partridge, Founder and Chief Executive, Changing Faces; director, Centre for Appearance and Disfigurement Research, University of the West of England. For services to Disabled People. (London, SW7)
• Nicholas Pearson. For financial services to Charities. (Saffron Walden, Essex)
• Christopher Peat. Acting Assistant Director of Training, Leeds City Council. For services to Adult Learning. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
• Terence Pepper. Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery. For services to Photography and Art. (London, W9)
• Mrs Katharine Hilary Ross Philbrick. Joint Co-ordinator, Kids VIP. For services to Prisoners' Children. (Glasgow)
• Robin Hylton Murray-Philpson, DL. For services to the Leicestershire and Rutland Crimebeat. (Market Harborough, Leicestershire)
• David Pigott. Chief Executive, Lanarkshire NHS Board. For services to Health Care and to Local Government. (Dalkeith, Midlothian)
• Professor David Ian Alistair Poll. For services to the Cranfield College of Aeronautics. (Turvey, Bedfordshire)
• Christopher Charles Pond. Head, Reference and Reader Services, Library and president, Trade Union Side, House of Commons. (Loughton, Essex)
• David Porritt. Lately Head of Systems Certifications, Vehicle Certification Agency, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Thornbury, Gloucestershire)
• Andrew Keith Wyatt Powell. Lately Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Luton, Bedfordshire)
• Ms Hope Powell, Coach, England Women's Football. For services to Association Football. (London, SE15)
• Michael Powell. Director of Human Resources and Chief Nursing Adviser, Grampian Health Board. For services to the NHS. (Aberdeen)
• Norman Edwin Price. For services to the Confederation of British Industry in the West Midlands. (Kiddeminster, Worcestershire)
• Mrs Stella Margret Price. Chair, Dyfed Powys Health Authority. For services to the NHS. (Pembroke, Pembrokeshire)
• Miss Thelma Probert. Headteacher, Golden Hillock School (specialist sports college), Birmingham. For services to Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Robert Punchard. Team Leader, Regional Office South West, Department of Trade and Industry. (East Looe, Cornwall)
• Andrew James Purkis. Chief Executive. For services to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. (London, SW12)
• Leslie John Rackham. Lately Mastermap Manager, Ordnance Survey, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Romsey, Hampshire)
• Ian Rankin, Writer. For services to Literature. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Piali Ray. Director, SAMPAD. For services to the Arts. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Christopher Bernard Anthony Reynolds. Headteacher, St. Benedict School, Derby. For services to Education and the Arts. (Derby, Derbyshire)
• Mrs Mary Patricia Riordan. For services to Elderly People. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
• John Stewart Russell Ritchie. Actuary. For services to the Pension Provision Group. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Patricia Ritchie. Lately Director, Caledonian MacBrayne. For services to Public Transport in Scotland. (Drymen, Glasgow)
• Professor Anthony William Robards. Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of York. For services to Higher Education. (York, North Yorkshire)
• Col Patrick John Carmichael Robinson, TD, DL. For services to the West Midland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. (Solihull, West Midlands)
• Hugh Ross. Head, Innovation Grants, Scottish Executive. (Currie, Midlothian)
• Mrs Jennifer Rudge. Chief Executive, Connexions Cornwall and Devon. For services to Careers Education and Guidance. (Bodmin, Cornwall)
• Martin Thraves Rudge, JP. Chief Executive, Home Improvement Trust. For services to the Living Condition of People in Need. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Daniel Patrick Carroll La Rue, Entertainer. For charitable services.
• Mrs Rosemary Helen Johnson-Sabine. Exploration Manager, Chevron Texaco North Sea. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry. (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
• Roger William Sanders. For services to the Small Business Practitioner Panel. (London, SW1P)
• Thomas Alexander Scholes. Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
• Mrs Jagir Kaur Sekhon. For services to the community in Greenwich, London. (London, SE18)
• Mrs Mary Agnes Sinfield. Lately Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (London, SW19)
• Mrs Janina Dutkowski-Southworth. Recruitment Strategy Manager, Lancashire County Council. For services to Education. (Blackpool, Lancashire)
• Professor John Edward Spence, Academic Adviser, Royal College of Defence Studies. For services to the Ministry of Defence. (Bucknell, Shropshire)
• Derek Percival Spooner. For services to the Design of Hospices. (Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Mrs Barbara Marion Stephens. Lately Chief Executive, Local Government Commission for England. For services to Local Government. (Workington, Cumbria)
• Richard Stevens. For services to the Modernisation of the Court Service. (Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire)
• Mrs Margaret Edythe Stone. Lately Principal, Norham Community Technology College, North Tyneside. For services to Education. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• David Suchet, Actor. For services to Drama. (Pinner, Middlesex)
• Victor Paul Suller. Senior Physicist, Daresbury Laboratory. For services to Science. (Knutsford, Cheshire)
• John Alexander Sutherland. For services to the British Red Cross Society. (South Wirral, Merseyside)
• Mrs Beth Hope Taylor. Manager, Community Services Pharmacy, Southwark Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS. (London, SE24)
• Miss Jennifer Graham Taylor. For Public Service. (Belfast)
• Peter Taylor, Correspondent, BBC. For services to Broadcast Journalism. (London)
• Miss Elizabeth Ruth Templar. Headteacher, Urchfont CE Primary School, Wiltshire. For services to Education. (Devizes, Wiltshire)
• Mrs Babette Thomas. Chairman and Chief Executive, Network Training Ltd. For services to Lifelong Learning. (Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan)
• The Reverend Canon Paul Thomas. For services to St. Luke's Hospital for the Clergy. (London, W1T)
• Mrs Ruth Thompson. For services to the New Deal in Tyne and Wear. (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
• Gordon Topping. For services to Education. (Ballymena, Antrim)
• Ivan Gordon Tucker. Principal, Mary Hare Grammar School. For services to the Education of Deaf People. (Newbury, Berkshire)
• Balbir Singh Uppal, JP. For services to the community in Huddersfield. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
• Mrs Patricia Mary Vaz. Director of Customer Services, BT. For services to Telecommunications. (Chestfield, Kent)
• Ms Parminder Vir, Producer and Diversity Adviser, Carlton Television. For services to Broadcasting and Film. (London, NW10)
• George James Stewart Wallis. International Director. For services to OXFAM. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Professor Eric Sidney Watkins. For services to Formula One and Motor Racing.
• Michael Alfred Healey Webb. For services to St. John Ambulance. (Worthing, West Sussex)
• Ms Lesley Anne Webber. For services to the Property Industry and the DTLR's Property Advisory Group. (Chigwell, Essex)
• Brig Anthony Cleland Welch. Head, Field Office Kosovo, Department for International Development. (Havant, Hampshire)
• Peter John Westlake. Headteacher, West Thornton Primary School, Croydon, Surrey. For services to Education.
• Norman Hamflett White. Head, Financial Scrutiny Unit, Department for Education and Skills. (Chesterfield, Derbyshire)
• Clive Wilcox. For Public Service. (London)
• David Wilkinson. Headteacher, Pennywell School, Sunderland. For services to Education.(Shincliffe Village, Durham)
• Ian James Williamson. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (BFPO 53)
• Thomas Jeremy Willoughby. Group Compliance and Risk director, Schroders plc. For services to the PIA and IMRO. (London, N1)
• Ms Jacqueline Wilson. For services to Literacy in Schools. (Kingston upon Thames, Surrey)
• Robert James Wood, QPM. Deputy Chief Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Stanley Common, Derbyshire)
• Clive Ronald Woodward. Head Coach, England Rugby Union Team. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Cookham, Berkshire)

Diplomatic Service and Overseas

• Jasim Ahmed. For services to British commercial interests in Asia.
• Ramon Douglas Alberga, Q.C. For public service, Cayman Islands.
• John Brian Arnold. For services to British commercial interests in Indonesia.
• Robin Aubrey Comyns Berkeley. For services to British commercial interests overseas.
• Keith Biddle. For services to law and order in Sierra Leone.
• Thomas Marshal Boyd. For services to rural development in Africa.
• William Alexander Graham Boyle. For public service, Bermuda.
• Keith Edward Bush. For services to the promotion of democracy in Central Europe.
• Robert Callard, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• William Barry Douglas, Concert pianist. For services to music.
• Howard Ronald Drake, Director of Investment, British Consulate-General New York.
• John Henry Freel. For services to British business and community interests in Saudi Arabia.
• Brigid Catherine, Mrs. Gardner, Principal, St George’s British International School, Rome.
• Jeanne-Marie, Mrs. Gescher. For services to British interests in China.
• Roderick Charles Gow. For services to British business interests in the USA.
• Colin Graham. For services to British opera and music in the USA.
• Richard George Grimshaw. For services to agricultural development overseas.
• The Reverend Canon Dennis Albert John Gurney. For services to the community in the Middle East.
• Richard Farrar Hardwick, Director, British Council, Karachi.
• Joan Philomena, Mrs. Hunt. For services to cancer care in southern Spain.
• Shanker Iyer. For services to British commercial interests in Singapore.
• Ivor Levene. For services to British trade and investment in Africa and the Middle East.
• Scott Livingstone, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Derrick Isaac Marcus. For services to the British community in Sao Paulo.
• Thomas Geoffrey Martin, lately Head, European Commission Office, London.
• Raymond Mason. For services to sculpture and to Anglo-French relations.
• Ian Massey. For services to the aerospace industry overseas.
• Colonel Alexander Robert Renwick McAslan. For services to international standards in demining.
• William Moore. For services to British commercial interests overseas.
• John Hamish Forbes Murphy. For services to British commercial interests in Italy.
• Miss Helen Rosemary Nellthorp, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Patrick Eldred Owens M.B.E., H.M. Consul, British Consulate General New York.
• David John Parker, lately Senior Management Officer, British Embassy Jakarta.
• Roger Howard Patey. For services to British commercial interest in Egypt.
• Dr. Brian Derek Perry. For services to veterinary science in developing countries.
• Miss Lynn Rachel Redgrave. For services to acting and the cinema and to the British community in Los Angeles.
• Patricia Margaret, Mrs. Salti. For services to women’s and children’s rights in the Middle East.
• Arnold Martin Schwartzman. For services to the British film industry in the USA.
• Donald John Sloan, lately Director, British Council, Sudan.
• Daniel Wybert Mansel Smith. For services to UK- Norway relations.
• The Reverend John Gregory Stevens. For services to leprosy and the community, Calcutta.
• Leslie John Stokes. For services to British business interests in Taiwan and The Philippines.
• Llewellyn Vorley. For service to the community, Bermuda.
• Philip Warner. For services to British commercial interests in the USA.
• Paul Robert Wiseman, Head, British School, Rio de Janeiro.
• Dr. Teresa Lyn Wright. For services to the study of Hepatitis and liver disease in the USA.
• Andrew Michael Graham-Yooll. For services to broadcasting and journalism in Argentina.

• Ms Naseem Aboobaker. Co-ordinator. For services to Mushkil Aasaan, London. (London, SW17)
• David Abrahamson. Lately consultant Psychiatrist. For services to Medicine. (London, NW11)
• Ian Michael Adams. Regional Water Quality manager, Environment Agency. For services to Water Quality. (Reading, Berkshire)
• Michael Charles Adams. Assistant Site Services manager, Newham College, London. For services to Further Education. (London, E6)
• Mrs Josephine Adlard. Learning Support assistant, St. Martin's CE Infants School, Salisbury, Wiltshire. For services to Education. (Salisbury, Wiltshire)
• Mohammed Adris. Special Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Faruque Ahmed. For services to the Bangladeshi community in Cheshire. (Hyde, Cheshire)
• William John Alden. For services to Vocational Education and Training. (Bicester, Oxfordshire)
• Thomas William Allen. Nurseryman, James Coles and Sons. For services to Horticulture in Leicestershire. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• Miss Jane Amess. Revenue Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Spalding, Lincolnshire)
• Ms Lea Anderson. Choreographer. For services to Dance. (London, SE15)
• Stuart Anderson. Officer in Charge, Employment Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Staines, Middlesex)
• Mrs Marie Therese Sylvette Appadoo. Administrative Officer, Department of Trade and Industry. (London, SE1)
• Howard Dan Arden. Photographer. For services to the community in Newport, Shropshire. (Newport, Shropshire)
• Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Armour. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. (Coleraine, Londonderry)
• David George Armstrong. For services to Journalism. (Portadown, Armagh)
• Murray Armstrong. For services to the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
• Robert Armstrong. For services to Entertainment in Hawick, Roxburghshire.
• John Brian Ashley. For services to the community in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. (Ware, Hertfordshire)
• Thomas David Ayres. For services to the community in Farnham, Surrey. (Farnham, Surrey)
• Mrs Brenda Badcock. For services to Childminding in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey. (Hampton, Middlesex)
• Miss Molly Badham. Director, Twycross Zoo. For services to the Conservation of Endangered Species. (Atherstone, Warwickshire)
• The Rev Canon James Henry Baker. Founder, Whitehaven Youth Trust. For services to Young People in Cumbria. (Whitehaven, Cumbria)
• Mrs Janice Baker. Executive Officer, Child Support Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (Pett, East Sussex)
• Mrs Janet Barber. Lately head of Maritime Resources, National Maritime Museum. For services to Museums. (Bromley, Kent)
• Miss Melanie Barber. Deputy Librarian and Archivist. For services to Lambeth Palace Library. (London, SE23)
• Philip Barbour. Honorary Treasurer. For services to Brook Advisory Centres. (London, NW11)
• Mrs Kath Barnes. Nursing Auxiliary. For services to People with Substance Misuse Problems in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Kenneth Charles Barr. Bookbinder. For services to the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. (London, SE15)
• Christopher John Bassett. Lately Principal Engineer, QinetiQ. For services to the Defence Industry. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
• Mrs Rosemarie May Batt. Sponsor. For services to ActionAid. (Ramsgate, Kent)
• Bryan Percy Beattie, JP. For services to the community in Bedlington, Northumberland. (Bedlington, Northumberland)
• Mrs Joyce Beaumont. Chair of Governors, Bishop Rawstorne CE International Language College, Lancashire. For services to Education. (Leyland, Lancashire)
• Mrs Jean Margaret Beeden. For charitable services to the Bedford Hospital. (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
• Mrs Judith Bell. Farmer and cheese maker. For services to the community in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. (Thirsk, North Yorkshire)
• Alexander Bennett. Special Constable, Highland Police. For services to the Police. (Kingussie, Inverness-shire)
• David Bennett. Religious Education Teacher, Babington Community Technology College, Leicester. For services to Education. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• John Francis Best. Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (St Austell, Cornwall)
• Mrs Elizabeth Bethel. Lately Housekeeping Supervisor, Tredegar and Ebbw Vale Hospitals. For services to the NHS and to the community. (Blaenau Gwent, Gwent)
• Mrs Susan Mary Beuzeval. Personal assistant. For services to OXFAM. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Mrs Betty Eirwen Bevan. Lately Carer and Home Help, Bridgend, South Wales. For services to the community. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
• Darshan Singh Bhogal. For services to Community Life and the promotion of Asian Languages in the West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Paul Dennis Biddle. Lately Operations manager, National Operations Unit, HM Prison Service Headquarters, Home Office. (Nr Honiton, Devon)
• Henry Blackley. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau and to the community in Penicuik, Midlothian.
• Mrs Barbara Anne Blaney. Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Chalvedon School and Sixth Form College, Basildon, Essex. For services to Education. (Chelmsford, Essex)
• Maurice Caldwell Blease. For services to Higher Education. (Belfast)
• David Bohannan. Senior Executive Officer, Home Office. (London, E15)
• Karamjit Singh Bolina. Senior Customs Officer, Cargo Anti-Smuggling, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Houslow, Middlesex)
• James Brian Bonsor. For services to Teaching Music, especially the Recorder.
• John Edric Boulden. For services to the community in Plympton, Devon. (Plymouth, Devon)
• Mrs Rosalind Berry Bourne. For services to Mental Health Carers in Somerset. (Wellington, Somerset)
• Mrs Carol Bowery. For services to Improving Education Services for Teenage Mothers. (Bath, Somerset)
• Thomas Boyd. Lately Captain, Celtic Football Club. For services to Association Football. (Bothwell, Lanarkshire)
• Colin Bradbury. Lately Dean of Students, University College, Northampton. For services to Higher Education. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
• David Bradley. For Public Service. (Belfast)
• Professor Roger Kaines Breakwell. Head, Camberwell College of Arts, London. For services to Art Education. (London, SE5)
• George Paterson Bremner. For services to the community in Kings Park, Glasgow. (Clarkston, Glasgow)
• Mrs Hilary Brittain. Secretary, Pulse Trust, Birmingham. For services to Health Care. (Lichfield, West Midlands)
• Dennis Percy James Bromley. Lately E1, Ministry of Defence. (London, N15)
• Mrs Beverley Jane Brooks. For services to the Community. (Beeston, Nottinghamshire)
• Alfred Bruce. Lately Driver, Mobile Draper's Van. For services to the community in North and East Scotland. (Aboyne, Aberdeenshire)
• Mrs Joan Margery Brutnell. For services to the Royal British Legion in Leicestershire. (Melton Mowbry, Leicestershire)
• The Reverend Jackson Crawford Buick. For services to the community. (Belfast)
• Mrs Norma Jean Bull. School secretary, Godwin Junior School, Newham, London. For services to Education. (London, E7)
• Alfred George Bunner. For services to Athletics for Young People. (Frodsham, Cheshire)
• Joseph Burbidge. For services to the community in Seend, Wiltshire. (Melksham, Wiltshire)
• Jeffrey Edmund Burchfield. Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (Upminster, Essex)
• Robert Burns. Leading Ambulance Technician. For services to the Scottish Ambulance Service. (Glasgow)
• Mrs Ruby Burns. For services to Pre-School Education at Cardonald College, Glasgow. (Glasgow)
• Christopher Robin Burrough. For services to the community in Marston Meysey, Wiltshire. (Cricklade, Wiltshire)
• Mrs Elizabeth Anne Burrows, JP. For services to the community in Attleborough, Norfolk. (Attleborough, Norfolk)
• Miss Barbara Olive Butcher. Journalist, Kentish Express. For services to the community. (Ashford, Kent)
• Alan George Calvin. Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Wing Cdr Donald Gilchrist Cameron. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Diss, Norfolk. (Diss, Norfolk)
• Hugh Duncan Campbell, JP. For services to the community in Pitlochry, Perthshire. (Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross)
• Mrs Rebecca Campbell. Lately Mess Hand, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Mrs Susan Jane Maynard Campbell. Lately Chair, ACDET. For services to Disabled People. (Horbury, West Yorkshire)
• Mrs Susan Elizabeth Cara. Director for Programmes and Policy, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. For services to Adult Education. (Norwich, Norfolk)
• Miss Mary Isabel Carroll. For services to Homeless People in Perth. (Scone, Perth and Kinross)
• Mrs Joan Patricia Carter. For services to the Jersey Public Sculpture Trust. (Jersey, Channel Islands)
• Paul Carter. For services to the Bulwell Education Action Zone, Nottinghamshire. (Litchfield, Staffordshire)
• Kenneth John Castle. Welfare Funds manager, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (Tonbridge, Kent)
• Colin Jennison Cawthorn. Member, Keyworth Parish Council, Nottinghamshire. For services to Local Government. (Keyworth, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Janet Harrison Chadband. For services to the community in Port Isaac, Cornwall. (Port Isaac, Cornwall)
• Miss Barbara Chadwick. For services to the Disabled Drivers' Association for Oxford. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Keith Chadwick. For charitable services to the community in Alderney. (Alderney, Channel Islands)
• Mrs Sheila Margaret Chalmers. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire)
• Christopher John Patrick Chambers. Manager, Somerset Partnership-Mental Health Team. For services to Social and Health Care. (Somerton, Somerset)
• Ms Anne Chan. For services to Children in London. (London, SE27)
• Mrs Ellen Chapman. Lately Member, Craven District Council. For services to the community in Austwick, Lancashire. (Lancaster, Lancashire)
• Kenneth Norman Chapman. Dairyman. For services to the community in Woodchurch, Kent. (Ashford, Kent)
• Bashir Chaudhry. For services to the community in East London and Essex. (Ilford, Essex)
• Robin John Cherry. For services to the Potato Industry. (Ballymena, Antrim)
• David Alexander Cheyne. Senior Policy Adviser, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (London, SE27)
• Mrs Marion Chirnside. For services to the community in Benwell, Tyne and Wear. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• Mrs Olive Clapp. For services to the community in Luppitt, Devon. (Honiton, Devon)
• Mrs Roberta Alice Clark. Lately Executive Officer, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Dundee)
• Erlander Cleophas Clarke. Specialist Inspector, Health and Safety Executive, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Wakefiled, West Yorkshire)
• Eustace James Clarke. For services to the Multi-Cultural Education and Youth Project, Lewisham, London. (London, SE3)
• Mrs Mollie Clarke. For services to the British Red Cross Society in Northamptonshire. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
• Ms Reita-Fay Clarke. For services to the community in Luton, Bedfordshire.
• Mrs Kathleen Spence Clay. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Farnborough, Hampshire)
• Peter John Clayton. For services to the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. (Nr Wisbech, Cambridgeshire)
• Mrs Jean Cobb. For charitable services. (London, SW8)
• Norman Derek Cocker. For services to the community in Wilmslow, Cheshire. (Wilmslow, Cheshire)
• Mrs Ella Cole. Lately Governor, Eaglesfield Paddle CE Primary School, Cumbria. For services to Education. (Cockermouth, Cumbria)
• Mrs Marion Elizabeth Collyer. Band 6, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Derby, Derbyshire)
• Peter Conlan. Public Health manager, NHS Executive, Trent Regional Office, Department of Health. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• John Connor. Principal Engineer, Raytheon Systems Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Kirkaldy, Fife)
• Christopher Llewellyn Coombes. Deputy chief Fire Officer, Leicestershire Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)
• Miss Agnes Lily Florence Cooperwaite. For services to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Tanya Elizabeth Cottrell. Support Group Administrator, EPSRC. For services to Science. (Swindon, Wiltshire)
• Mrs Eileen Maud Coughlin. For charitable services to the Cancer Research Campaign in Croydon, Surrey. (Sanderstead, Surrey)
• Peter John Coulson. Member, IS Helpdesk. For services to the Financial Services Authority. (Northwood, Middlesex)
• Michel Noel Couriard. For services to the community, especially the Jersey Honorary Police and Young People, in Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands)
• William Charles Cox. Lately Station Officer, Norfolk Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Cromer, Norfolk)
• Miss Jean Anne Cragg. Paramedic Team Leader, East Midlands Ambulance Service. For services to Health Care. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Arthur Roy Crane. For services to the community in Pontypool, South Wales. (Pontypool, Gwent)
• Charles Edward Crouch. Clerk, Effingham Parish Council, Surrey. For services to the community. (Great Bookham, Surrey)
• Bertram James Culling. For services to the Sunderland Laryngectomee Club and to the National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs. (South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear)
• Mrs Shirley Lesley Culpin. Sergeant, MOD Police, Ministry of Defence. (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
• Mrs Williamina McPhail Cumming. Manager, Rocking Horse Nursery, University of Aberdeen. For services to Nursery Care. (Aberdeen)
• Michael Curzon. Consultant. For services to the prevention of Bird Smuggling. (Westbury, Wiltshire)
• Mrs Nidhi Dalmia. Member, New Deal Task Force's Minority Ethnic Advisory Group. For services to Unemployed People. (Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire)
• Miss Phyllis Margaret Dalton. Costume Designer. For services to the Film Industry. (Yeovil, Somerset)
• Miss Doreen Kathleen Daly. For Public Service. (Dundonald, Belfast)
• Mrs Pamela Mary Darwen. Teacher, Chase Terrace High School, Staffordshire. For services to Education and to Sport. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
• Alun Owen Davies. International Export and Logistics manager, NAAFI. For services to the Defence Industry. (Salisbury, Wiltshire)
• Ms Carys Sian Davies. National Project manager, Defibrillators in Public Places Initiative. For service to Health Care. (London, SW11)
• Howard Islwyn Davies. Head of Technical Policy Development Branch Welsh Assembly Government. (Dolgellau, Gwynedd)
• Philip Alfred Donne Davies. For services to the Hop Industry. (Dormington, Herefordshire)
• Angus Davison. Founder, Haygrove Fruit. For services to the Fruit Industry. (Pixley, Herefordshire)
• Jerome Dawson. For services to the community and to the Credit Union Movement. (Belfast)
• Mrs Niranjana Desai. For services to Education and to the Asian community in Harrow, London. (West Harrow, Middlesex)
• Mrs Wendy Muriel Dibdin. For services to Disabled People in Greenwich, London. (London, SE7)
• Professor Linda Dickens. President, British Universities Industrial Relations Association. For services to Employment Relations. (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)
• Mrs Joyce Olive Alexandra Dobbin. For services to Housing. (Loughgall, Armagh)
• Mrs Margaret Louise Doidge. For services to the Variety Club of Great Britain in South Wales. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Francis Michael Donaghy, JP. Accountant. For services to Commerce and Industry. (Belfast)
• Cyril Eric Donnan. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
• Samuel Douglas. For services to the community. (Belfast)
• Ms Jacqueline Downer. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in London. (London, SE17)
• Alan David Irving Drever. Founder, Scottish Native Woods. For services to the Conservation of Woodlands. (Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross)
• Miss Margaret Drury. Health Records Adviser. For services to the East Gloucestershire NHS Trust. (Alderton, Gloucestershire)
• Mrs Audrey May Duck. For services to the community, especially the Good Bears of the World, in Richmond, Surrey. (Twickenham, Middlesex)
• Ernest Frederick Dunckley, DL. For services to the community in Ealing, London. (Northolt, Middlesex)
• Mrs Beryl Kathleen Rose Durrant. For services to the community, especially Elderly People, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. (Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire)
• Adrian Keith Dutson. Sub Officer, London Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Hornchurch, Essex)
• George Simpson Dyker. General Medical Practitioner, East Kilbride. For services to Medicine. (East Kilbride, Lanarkshire)
• Mrs Nora Margaret Eaton. For services to the community in Brancaster, Norfolk. (King's Lynn, Norfolk)
• Mrs Afusat Adeite Elias. Lately Administrative Officer, Home Office. (London, SW18)
• James Grenville Ellard. For services to the Royal Marines Association. (Orpington, Kent)
• Mrs Jacqueline Mary Elliott. Governor, Holy Rood Junior and Holy Rood Infant Schools, Watford, Hertfordshire. For services to Education. (Watford, Hertfordshire)
• Christopher Hugh Evans. Adviser, Action Team for Jobs, Employment Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Marina, Swansea)
• Mrs Moira Rosalind Evans, JP. Lately Headteacher, Penrhiwceiber Junior School, Mountain Ash. For services to Education. (Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
• Peter Joseph Evans. Lately Franchise manager, Cheshire Fire Service, The Prince's Trust-Volunteers Programme. For services to Young People. (Northwich, Cheshire)
• Mrs Vera Emma Evans. For charitable services to the Shropshire and Wales Hospice. (Pontebury, Shropshire)
• Cecil Ewing. For services to Public Transport and to Disabled People. (Dromore, Tyrone)
• Mrs Sheila Ord Fabb. Lately Higher Executive Officer, Department for Education and Skills. (Darlington, Durham)
• Maj Leslie John Fagg. Retired Officer 2, Ministry of Defence. (Fringford, Oxfordshire)
• Mrs Elizabeth Fairweather. Administrative Officer, Benefits Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (Arbroath, Angus)
• Mrs Isabella Farquhar. School Administrator, Woodside Primary School, Aberdeen. For services to Education. (Aberdeen)
• Edwin John Farr. For services to the British Stuttering Association and to the European League of Stammering Associations. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• Mrs Kathleen Farrimond. For services to People suffering from Strokes. (Llanrwst, Gwynedd)
• Mrs Margaret Ellen Featherstone. For services to the League of Friends at Wansbeck and Ashington Hospitals, Northumberland. (Ashington, Northumberland)
• Nigel Patrick Ferris. Head, Diagnostic Section, World Reference Laboratory. For services to Animal Health. (Pirbright, Surrey)
• Paul Francis Gerard Fitzpatrick. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
• Lt Col Alfred Alexander Forbes. For services to the Army Physical Training Corps Museum. (Farnborough, Hampshire)
• Miss Patricia Forrest. For services to the WRVS in London. (London, SW3)
• Miss Mary Forryan. For services to the community in Hinckley, Leicestershire. (Hinckley, Leicestershire)
• Mrs Elsie Forsyth. Leader. For services to Campaigners Islington in London. (London, EC1)
• Eric Gordon Franklin. City of London Guide. For services to Local History. (London, SE26)
• William Alexander Elrick Fraser. For services to the community in Inverness. (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• Mrs Harriet Frazer. For services to Memorial Art. (Saxmundham, Suffolk)
• John Alexander French. Model Maker, INSYS. For services to the Defence Industry. (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
• Alexander Francis William Fry. For services to Theatre Roundabout Ltd. (London, NW11)
• James Rush Fyanes. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Cumbria. (Maryport, Cumbria)
• Miss Tanya Marie Gallagher. For services to Community Relations. (Londonderry)
• Donald Gartside. Director of Estates, Oldham NHS Trust and of Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• David Scobbie Gibb. For services to Entertainment in Hawick, Roxburghshire.
• Professor Michael Gordon Gibbons. Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities. For services to Higher Education. (London, W8)
• Mrs Norma Glass. For services to Racial Understanding in South Wales. (Sketty, Swansea)
• Mrs Gillian Gwyneth Gomery. Senior Nurse, Registration and Inspection Officer, Gwent Health Authority. For services to the NHS. (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)
• Henry George Goodeve. For services to the community in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
• Barry Ramon Goodison. For services to the Approved Driving Instructors' Association. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Paul Lewis John Gray. Usher, Court Service, Lord Chancellor's Department. (London, SW2)
• Brian Greaves. Governor, Glenburn School and Skelmersdale College, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. For services to Education. (Ormskirk, Lancashire)
• Mrs Hazel Gertrude Greene. Support Grade Band 1, Home Office. (Croydon, Surrey)
• John Stuart Gordon Greenwood. For services to the WRVS in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• Hubert Robert Harry Gregg. Presenter, BBC. For services to Radio Broadcasting and to Songwriting. (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
• Alan Stanley Griffith. Head, Job Evaluation and Remuneration. For services to the Corporation of London. (London, E6)
• Albert Griffiths. Ambulance Driver, Patient Transport Service, Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Ormskirk, Lancashire)
• Hugh Keith Grout. For services to the Royal British Legion in Devon. (Ottery St Mary, Devon)
• Mrs Jill Elizabeth Grumitt. For services to the British Red Cross Society in Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands)
• George Michael Guest. For services to the community in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. (Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Mrs Rita Mary Gulliver. For services to Woodley Woolies, Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire)
• Mrs Nirmal Gupta. For services to Education and to the Hindu community in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. (Shoeburyness, Essex)
• Mrs Hazel Elizabeth Hamer. Administration Officer, Employment Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Bolton, Lancashire)
• Ian Hammerton. For services to the Woodland Trust in Kent. (Dartford, Kent)
• Nicholas John Hance. Public Relations manager, UKAEA, Harwell. For services to Training in the Nuclear Industry. (Wantage, Oxfordshire)
• Frank Hankinson. Trade Unionist. For services to Employment Relations. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
• Samuel Acheson Hanna. For services to the community and to Rural Development. (Newry, Down)
• Mrs Margaret Eileen Hanney. Course director, Cardiff School of Education, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. For services to Education. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• John William Haran. Chairman, Haran Glass. For services to the Construction Industry. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
• Venichand Ranmal Harania. Managing director, Nucare plc. For services to Pharmacy. (Pinner, Middlesex)
• Miss Sharron Hardman. Head, Resource Provision Unit, Gorsefield County Primary School, Radcliffe, Bury. For services to Special Needs Education. (Stockport, Lancashire)
• Victor Robert Hardy. For charitable services to the Corby Cancer Day Care Hospice. (Corby, Northamptonshire)
• Mrs Rita Naomi Harman. Director, Samaritans, Isle of Wight. For services to Prisoner Welfare. (Newport, Isle of Wight)
• Miss Daphne Harris. For services to Dancing and to the community in North London. (London, W1V)
• Mrs June Rose Hartshorn. School Crossing Patrol, Lanesfield Primary School, Wolverhampton. For services to Road Safety. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
• Mrs Patricia Margaret Harvey. Head, Housing Management, Communities Scotland. For services to Housing. (Grangemouth, Stirling and Falkirk)
• Peter Harvey. Journalist, Sheffield Star. For services to Journalism and to the community. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Peter Hawken. Submarine Project manager, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Shipbuilding Industry. (Plymouth, Devon)
• Colin David Hawkins. Administrative Officer, Department for Education and Skills. (London, N17)
• Miss Gillian Mary Hawksworth. For services to Pharmacy in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
• Richard Ernest Hawthorne. For services to the community in Nottingham. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• David Gordon Haxton. For services to Prisoner Welfare at HM Prison Barlinnie. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
• Mrs Margaret Louisa Hayden. For services to the Glanclwyd Hospital League of Friends, North Wales. (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
• Douglas Henderson. Chief executive, Fresh Produce Consortium. For services to the Fresh Produce Industry. (Stamford, Lincolnshire)
• Miss Valerie Roberta Henderson. For services to Local Government. (Lisburn, Antrim)
• Shaun Walter Henry. For services to Education. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
• Reginald Herbert. Lately Editor in chief, North Wales Newspapers Group. For services to Journalism. (Wrexham, Clwyd)
• Matthew Hesmondhalgh. Teacher of Children with Autistic Disorders, King Ecgbert School, Sheffield. For services to Special Needs Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• George Edward Hewson. Messenger, Amey Business Services. For services to the Defence Industry. (London, SW18)
• Mrs Elizabeth Helen Higton. Assistant head, Witchhill School, Kilmarnock. For services to Special Needs Education. (Darvel, Ayrshire and Arran)
• James Anthony Hill. Managing director, Severn Trent Water International. For services to the Water Industry. (Fillongley, Warwickshire)
• Stephen Anthony Hobday. For services to the community and to Homeless People in Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Mrs Alison Meryl Hodge. For services to the Institute of Physics.
• David Hodson. Senior Driver, First Mainline Ltd. For services to the Bus Industry and to the community in Rotherham. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)
• Mrs Hazel Mary Hole. Deputy Regional director, Small Business Service, Government Office for the East of England, Department for Education and Skills. (Ipswich, Suffolk)
• Ian Stuart Hollis, JP. Executive Officer, Benefits Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire)
• George Eric Holt. For services to the community in Bradley, Staffordshire. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
• Peter James Home. For services to the Boys' Brigade in Inverness. (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• Mrs Jenny Hood. Head, Careers and Guidance, Caerleon Comprehensive School, Newport. For services to Education. (Cwymbran, Torfaen)
• Mrs Sandra Hooper. Personal assistant, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Barnstaple, Devon)
• Michael Esplen Hope. For services to the Hadfield Trust in Cumbria. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Godfrey Allan Horne. For services to the community in Tonbridge, Kent.
• Maj John Michael Gibson-Horrocks. For services to the Fusiliers Association. (Cullompton, Devon)
• Mrs Betty Horton. For services to the community in Eyam, Derbyshire. (Hope Valley, Derbyshire)
• Derek Alfred George Hould. Operational Support Grade, HM Young Offender Institution Portland, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Portland, Dorset)
• Mrs Dorothy Houston. For services to the community in Cumnock, Ayrshire. (Cumnock, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Mrs Brenda Jane Howard. For services to Ecological Research on Radionuclides.
• Mrs Elizabeth Anne Howe. Ward Sister, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital Trust, London. For services to Health Care. (London, SW7)
• Douglass Howell, JP. Higher Executive Officer, Child Benefit Centre, Department for Work and Pensions.
• Dennis Brynley Howells. Signals and Telecommunications Engineer, Railtrack. For services to the Railway Industry. (South Harrow, Middlesex)
• Colin Anthony Howes. Keeper of Environmental Records. For services to Environmental Conservation in Doncaster. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
• Mrs Pamela Marjorie Hudson. Adviser for Activities, Guide Association, in Peckham and Camberwell, London. For services to Young People. (London, SE14)
• Miss Barbara Louise Hughes. Lately Councillor, London Borough of Camden. For services to Local Government and to Community Safety. (London, NW1)
• Mrs Jessie Margaret Tyley Hughes. Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (41464 Neuss, Germany)
• Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Hughes. For services to the community in Llanishan, Cardiff. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Mrs Pauline Hughes. For services to the community, especially Social Care, in Nottinghamshire. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Miss Mary Halden Hunter. For services to Guiding in Aberdeen.
• Mrs Patricia Hurley. Co-ordinator. For services to the Bristol Victim Support Scheme. (Bristol)
• David John Chalmers Huxtable. For services to Victim Support. (Chichester, West Sussex)
• Gordon Ibinson. Chairman. For services to the Hylton Castle and Townend Farm Boys' Club, Tyne and Wear. (Washington, Tyne and Wear)
• Winston Ince. Train and Instructor Operator. For services to London Underground. (Perivale, Middlesex)
• Miss Vicky Ireland. Artistic director, Polka Theatre, London. For services to Drama for Children. (London, W4)
• Derek Charles George Irwin. For services to Local Government. (Dungannon, Tyrone)
• Mrs June Pauline Jack. Lately president, All England Netball Association. For services to Netball. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Charles Richard Jackson. For services to the community in West and North Yorkshire. (Knaresborough, North Yorkshire)
• William Jacob. Receptionist. For services to the Royal Institute of British Architects. (London, SE26)
• Mrs Pamela Jay. Nursery Nurse, Victoria Special School, Birmingham. For services to Special Needs Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Mrs Valerie Jeal. For services to Homeless People in St. Paul's, Bristol. (Bristol)
• Mrs Joan May Jefferis. Governor, Mason Moor Primary School, Southampton. For services to Education. (Southampton, Hampshire)
• John Hayden Jennings. For services to the community, especially Business, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
• Mrs Elizabeth Ann Johnson. Co-ordinator, Daphne Jackson Trust. For services to People returning to careers in Science, Engineering and Technology.
• Arthur Rees Jones. Support Team FLM, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
• John Gordon Jones. Area Training and Development manager, Crown Prosecution Service. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Miss Marilynne Jennifer Gifford-Jones. Lately Range 3, Insolvency Service, Department of Trade and Industry. (Chester, Cheshire)
• Patrick Blencoe-Jones. Revenue Control manager, London Underground. For services to Public Transport. (Gloucester, Gloucestershire)
• Raymond Read Jones. Integrated Project Team Leader, BAE Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire)
• Norman Bernard Joseph (Norman Jay). Disc Jockey. For services to music. (London, W3)
• Gurdev Singh Kalsi, JP. For services to the Sikh community in Crawley, West Sussex. (Crawley, West Sussex)
• Mrs Helen Keats. Housing Initiatives manager, Portsmouth City Council. For services to Homeless People. (Shorwell, Isle of Wight)
• Harry James Kelly. Site Operations manager, AMS. For services to the Environment. (Titchfield, Hampshire)
• John Patrick Kempson. Leader. For services to the Wolvercote Young People's Club in Oxford. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Mrs Lillian Elizabeth Kennedy. Chair, Strathclyde Elderly Forum. For services to Elderly People and to the community. (Alexandria, Dunbartonshire)
• Miss Mary Kennedy. Grade E2, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Miss Sadie Kerr. For services to the community, especially Health Care. (Waterside, Londonderry)
• John Robert Ketteringham. For services to the Heritage of Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
• Mrs Margaret Claire Kilby. Business Support Administrator, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
• Brian Douglas King. For services to the community in Welwyn and Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. (Knebworth, Hertfordshire)
• Edward Lutman King. For services to the Cyclists' Touring Club. (Winterbourne, Bristol)
• Mrs Margot Kirk. For services to the Scottish Borders Athletics Club.
• Mrs Bertha Klug. For services to the Wessex Health Living Foundation and the Anne Frank Educational Trust UK. (London, NW3)
• Michael Robert Knowles. Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
• Miss Debbie Knox. For services to Curling. (Lochgelly, Fife)
• Ismail Ahmed Lambat. For services to the community in Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
• David Keith Lane. Postman. For services to Consignia and to the community in Herefordshire. (Bromyard, Herefordshire)
• Roy Lane. Member, Bridgnorth District Council. For services to Local Government and to the community. (Broseley, Shropshire)
• William Keith Laughlin. Veterinary Surgeon. For services to the Veterinary Profession. (Ballymoney, Antrim)
• John Scott Law. Leading Firefighter, Merseyside Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Southport, Merseyside)
• Colin Charles Lawson. Retained Station Officer, Highland and Islands Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• Mrs Hazel Brenda Layne. For services to the Girls Venture Corps in South Yorkshire. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)
• Carl Anthony Lee. For services to the Society of Mary and Martha in Sheldon, Devon. (Exeter, Devon)
• Colin George Lee. For services to Dental Technology. (Leyland, Lancashire)
• Mrs Edna Margaret Lee. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
• Ian Maurice Lee. For services to Tourism. (Portstewart, Londonderry)
• Jason Leonard. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Twickenham, Middlesex)
• Richard Lethbridge. For services to Consignia and to the community in North Devon. (Umberleigh, Devon)
• George Richard John Lewis. For services to the community in Stafford during the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
• Hans Eugen Lichtenstein. For services to the community in Powys. (Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
• Mrs Anne Colette Marie Griffin Lismore. For services to the Simon Community. (Holywood, Down)
• Mrs Shirley Lea Livingstone. For services to War on Cancer. (Otley, West Yorkshire)
• Michael Conway Llewllyn. Curator, Battle of Britain Museum, Kent. For services to Heritage. (Nr Folkestone, Kent)
• Mrs Stephanie Marjorie Lloyd. Lately Corporate Services manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)
• Michael Christopher Lobb. Firearms Licensing manager, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police. (Nr Towcester, Northamptonshire)
• Carl Frank Lomas. Managing director, Camelot Training Ltd. For services to Training in the Courier Industry. (London, EC1V)
• Mrs Gwendoline Marjorie Lowe. For services to the World Wide Fund for Nature in Bedfordshire. (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
• Ronald Ludford. Registration Officer, HM Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Southsea, Hampshire)
• Mrs Fiona MacDonald. For services to Curling. (by Beauly, Inverness-shire)
• Mrs Joan Macfarlane. Health Visitor. For services to Homeless People in Sheffield. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Archibald Maclean. Lately Volunteer Leader, Craignure Volunteer Unit. For services to the Fire Service. (Isle of Mull, Western Isles)
• David Sutherland Millar Macleod. For services to the community, especially Elderly People, in Fife. (Cupar, Fife)
• John Alexander Macleod, DL. General Medical Practitioner, Lochmaddy, Western Isles. For services to Medicine. (Isle of North Uist, Western Isles)
• Norman Macleod. Station Honorary secretary, Oban Lifeboat, Argyll. For services to the RNLI. (Oban, Argyll and Bute)
• Miss Patricia Anne Macmaster. Chair Somerset Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership. For Services to Early Years Education.
• Peter Macpherson. For services to Natural History. (Glasgow)
• Mrs Doreen Edith Mahoney. Domestic Supervisor, University of Bristol. For services to Higher Education. (Hartcliffe, Bristol)
• Andrious Mama. For services to the Assyrian community and to Race Relations. (Erith, Kent)
• David Thomas Marchant. Manager, Machinery and Turf Maintenance, Wakehurst Place. For services to Horticulture. (Ardingly, West Sussex)
• Monte Marco. For services to the Children's Aid Committee, Glasgow. (Whitecraigs, Glasgow)
• Richard David Margesson, JP, DL. For services to the community in Swindon, Wiltshire. (Swindon, Wiltshire)
• Brian William Martin. Senior Master, Magdalen College School, Oxford. For services to English Language and Literature. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• David Martin. Architect. For services to Conservation of the Built Environment. (Walderslade, Kent)
• Dennis Stanford Martin. For services to the community in Penselwood, Somerset. (Wincanton, Somerset)
• Mrs Gloria Mary Martin. Number Two Regional Officer, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union. For services to Trade Unionism. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Mrs Marie Martin. For services to Education. (London)
• Mrs Rhona Martin. For services to Curling. (Dunlop, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Theodore David Martin. Development Officer. For services to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• Miss Muriel Ilyn Mason. Lately Nursing Auxiliary, Elderly Care Rehabilitation Ward, Shrewsbury Hospital. For services to Health Care. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire)
• Mrs Dorothy Masterman. Probation Officer. For services to the Probation Service. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
• David Benjamin Mathias. Pollution Prevention manager, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment during the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. (Caerphilly)
• Nicholas Richard Matthews. Grade B2, Prime Minister's Office. (London, E3)
• Mrs Lorna Faith Matyszak. For services to the community in Brighton, East Sussex. (Brighton, East Sussex)
• Mrs Joan Maunder. For services to the Fareham Victim Support Scheme, Hampshire. (Fareham, Hampshire)
• Mrs Betty Louisa McAulay. For services to the Air Training Corps in London and South East England. (Hornchurch, Essex)
• Mrs Rachel McCann. For services to the community in Easthall, Glasgow. (Easthall, Glasgow)
• Mrs Joyce McCarten. Member, Holmewood Estate Executive Committee. For services to the community in Bradford. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
• John Derrick McClure. Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Aberdeen. For services to Scottish Culture. (Aberdeen)
• David Alexander McClurg. For services to the Police. (Belfast)
• John McComb. Driver, Mobile Library. For services to the Library Service in rural communities. (Ballymoney, Antrim)
• Mrs Doreen McCoy. Finance Officer, Eccles College, Manchester. For services to Further Education. (Wigan, Lancashire)
• Henry Desmond McCullough. For Public Service. (Comber, Down)
• Miss Margaret Elizabeth McCully. Personal assistant to the Principal, Central School of Speech and Drama, London. For services to Higher Education. (London, NW3)
• Mrs Nell McFadden. For services to Older People in Renfrewshire. (Gourock, Renfrewshire)
• Mrs Elizabeth Fulton McGowan. For services to the community in Wigtown and District. (Wigtown)
• Peter John McGowan, BEM. Lately Area manager. For services to the Peak District National Park. (Glossop, Derbyshire)
• Jacqueline Margaret McLoughlin. For services to Community Life in Sutton, Surrey.
• Miss Ruth Pamela McMullen. For services to Equestrian Training. (King's Lynn, Norfolk)
• Mrs Jeanette McNeice. For services to People with Learning Difficulties. (Belfast)
• Mrs Ruth Vera McVicker. For services to the Riding for the Disabled Association. (Belfast)
• Arthur William Mitchell. For services to the Natural Environment. (Kilkeel, Down)
• Mrs Mary Priscilla Mitchell. For services to the community in Totnes, Devon. (Totnes, Devon)
• Mrs Valerie Kay Moody. National Education Liaison Officer, Showmen's Guild of Great Britain. For services to the Education of Traveller Children. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)
• Mrs Irene Elizabeth Moore. For charitable services, particularly to Velindre Hospital, in Cardiff. (Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
• Mrs Lyn Desiree Moore. For services to the community in Bewdley, Worcestershire and Haslemere, Surrey. (Haslemere, Surrey)
• Mrs Theresa Kathleen Moore. For services to the Disability Times Trust. (London, SW1V)
• Mrs Kelly Ann Morgan. For services to the community, especially through Sport, in South Wales. (Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
• Keith Morris. For services to Medical Research. (Penicuik, Lothian)
• William Ian Morris. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Kilkeel, Down)
• Mrs Jeanie Simpson Morrison. Manager, Aberdeen and North East Energy Efficiency Advice Centre. For services to Energy Efficiency. (Alford by Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire)
• Martin Christopher Fortescue Mortimer. For services to Antique Glass. (Chippenham, Wiltshire)
• Mrs Jean Morton, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
• Miss Margaret Elizabeth Morton. For services to Curling. (Mauchline, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Miss Peggy Moss. For charitable services to St. Rocco's Hospice, Warrington, Cheshire. (Warrington, Cheshire)
• Mrs Mary Mostyn. For services to Ickburgh Special School, Hackney, London. (London, E5)
• Mrs Annette Mountford. For services to Family Links. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Noel Mulholland. For Public Service. (Bangor, Down)
• The Rev Frederick Larmour Munce. For services to Community Relations. (Londonderry)
• Ms Helen Dempsie Munro. Director of Community Services, Stirling Council. For services to the community. (Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk)
• Alex Murray. Farmer. For services to Agriculture in Perthshire. (Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross)
• Mrs Erica Dorcas Murray. Veterinary Surgeon. For services to Animal Health in Roxburghshire.
• Mrs Lesley Myles, JP, DL. For services to the community in Surrey. (Guildford, Surrey)
• Suleman Nagdi, JP. For services to the Muslim community in Leicester. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• Mrs Elsie Naisbett. Tenants' Leader, Studley Estate, Stockwell, London. For services to Housing. (London, SW4)
• Mrs Catherine Neill. For services to Elderly People. (Belfast)
• Alexander Nelson. Senior Enrolled Nurse, State Hospital, Carstairs. For services to Mental Health Nursing. (Carnwath, Lanarkshire)
• Trevor Ricardo Nelson. Millennium Volunteers Ambassador. For services to Young People. (London, N10)
• John Newcombe. For services to Bowling for Visually Impaired People. (Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire)
• Edmund John Newton. Sound System manager, Palace of Westminster. For services to Parliament. (Croydon, Surrey)
• Gordon Leonard Newton. Foreman Gardener, University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education. (Exeter, Devon)
• William Paul Noble. For services to Disabled Swimming. (Glenrothes, Fife)
• Frank Harold Norman. For services to the Humberside Occupational Health and Safety Steering Group. (Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Leonard John Norman. Investigation Officer, Department of Trade and Industry. (St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex)
• Mrs Patricia Anne Norton. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Keighley, West Yorkshire)
• John Anthony O'Connor. For services to the Lewes Priory Cricket Club, Sussex. (Nr Lewes, East Sussex)
• Mrs Anne O'Hagan. For services to Education. (Ballymena, Antrim)
• John Daniel O'Hare. For services to Health and Safety in Agriculture. (Banbridge, Down)
• Thomas Anthony Oakes. For services to the Fire Service. (Downpatrick, Down)
• Colin Olden. Member, HM Coastguard Auxiliary Service in Hampshire. For services to Marine Safety. (Southampton, Hampshire)
• Derek Alan Owen. Dental Practitioner. For services to Dental Health in Shetland. (Lerwick, Shetland)
• Michael George Page. European Safety Co-ordinator, SONOCO. For services to Occupational Safety. (Cannock, Staffordshire)
• Carlyle Evan Palmer. For services to the Marie Curie Holme Tower Hospice in Penarth. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Mrs Dawn Violet Palmer. For services to Guiding in Ruislip, Middlesex. (Chalfont-St-Peter, Buckinghamshire)
• John Ashok Pandit. Chair, CM (Community Music Ltd) and ADFED Ltd. For services to the music industry.
• Dennis Arthur Parker, JP. For services to the St John Ambulance Brigade in Essex. (Grays, Essex)
• Liam Parker. For services to Unemployed and Disadvantaged People. (Belfast)
• Miss Alison Elizabeth Parkin. Personal secretary, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Frances Parkinson. For charitable services through the National Bike Ride. (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
• Amrat Parmar. Director, Advanced Technologies, John Crane, Smiths Group plc. For services to the Defence Industry. (Bracknell, Berkshire)
• Stephen William Parr. Chief executive, Sabre Employment Ltd. For services to Disabled People. (London, SE12)
• Mrs Glenys Margaret Parry. For services to the community in Gwaenysgor, North Wales. (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
• Miss Sheila Margaret Parsonson. For services to the Colchester and District Cat Rescue and Rehoming Society. (Colchester, Essex)
• Mrs Lynne Emma Patterson. Administrative assistant, Dumfries and Galloway Council. For services during the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. (Dumfries)
• Jack Pavey. Head, International Relations Branch, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Marden, Kent)
• John Graham Maxwell Peddie. For services to the Pitstop Drop In Centre in Leatherhead, Surrey. (Leatherhead, Surrey)
• Mrs Margaret Kathleen Pegge. For services to the community, especially the League of Friends of Taunton Hospitals, in Somerset. (Taunton, Somerset)
• William Denby Peppiatt. For services to the community, especially Health Care, in Broadstairs and East Kent. (Broadstairs, Kent)
• Dindial Persaud. Supervising Gallery Guard, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to Museums. (London, W4)
• Michael Arthur Peters. For services to the community in Horley, Surrey. (Horley, Surrey)
• Leslie Victor Albert Piercy. For services to the Sea Cadet Corps in London. (London, N1)
• William Arthur Plummer. For charitable services to the Leukaemia Research Fund. (Brentwood, Essex)
• Richard Basil Poad. For services to the Heritage of Maidenhead, Berkshire. (Cookham Dean, Berkshire)
• James Poole. Grade D, Defence Helicopter Flying School, Ministry of Defence. (Market Drayton, Shropshire)
• The Reverend David Potter. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in the United Kingdom. (Reading, Berkshire)
• Mrs Mavis Anne Pottinger. Health Care assistant. For services to Patient Care in Oxfordshire. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Gerald Henry Poyner. Member, Hopton Wafers Parish Council, Worcestershire. For services to the community. (Cleobury Mortimore, Worcestershire)
• Peter Privilege. For services to Housing and to the community. (Belfast)
• John Maxwell Pryce. For services to Music Education. (New Barnet, Hertfordshire)
• Manpreet Singh Pujara. General Medical Practitioner. For services to Medicine. (Maidstone, Kent)
• Colin Pullan. For services to the Rehabilitation of Heart Disease Patients in Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
• Robert Francis Purssell, JP. For services to the community in Plymouth, Devon, and Saltash, Cornwall. (Saltash, Cornwall)
• Michael Pybus. Administrative assistant, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
• David Francis Burton-Pye. For services to Conservation and Tourism in Staffordshire. (Perton, Staffordshire)
• Mrs Paula Jane Radcliffe. For services to Athletics. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)
• Mohammed Abdur Rahman. For services to Primary Care in Wolverhampton. (Wolverhamppton, West Midlands)
• Derek William Rangecroft. For charitable services to the Macmillan Cancer Relief Fund. (Dumfries)
• Mrs Janice Caroline Rankin. For services to Curling. (Culloden, Inverness-shire)
• Mrs Taifur Rashid. Chairperson, Tower Hamlets Race Equality Council. For services to Community Life in London. (Redbridge, Essex)
• Harmegh Singh Rattan. For services to Racial Equality in London. (Ilford, Essex)
• Miss Sylvia Joan Read (Mrs Fry). For services to Theatre Roundabout Ltd. (London, NW11)
• Keith Redwood. Chairman, Ross and Cromarty Drug and Alcohol Forum. For services to Tackling Drug and Alcohol Misuse. (Evanton, Ross and Cromarty)
• George Edward Reid. For services to the Colony Park Football Club, North East Scotland. (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire)
• William Nicol George Reid. Chairman, Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Scotland. For services to Young People. (Edinburgh)
• Mrs Rosemary June Renouf. For services to Mental Health Services and their Users in Nottingham. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Margaret Reuben. Lately Lecturer, Falkirk College. For services to Further Education. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
• Frank Abbott Reynolds. Farmer. For services to the community in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
• Christopher Roberts. Care Worker, Isle of Anglesey County Council. For services to the community. (Anglesey, Gwynedd)
• Peter Holtom Roberts. For services to Compassion in World Farming. (Liss, Hampshire)
• David Dickson Robertson. For services to the community in Comrie, Perthshire. (Comrie, Perth and Kinross)
• James Alexander Robertson. For services to the community in Dundee. (Dundee)
• Mrs Jennifer Margaret Robertson. Teacher, Petteril Bank School, Cumbria. For services to Education. (Carlisle, Cumbria)
• Mrs Barbara Elizabeth Anne Robinson. Community Project manager, Blakeston Community School, Stockton-on-Tees. For services to Education. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
• Alastair Rodgers. Director, Northern Offshore Federation. For services to the Oil and Gas Industry in the North of England. (Darlington, Durham)
• Patrick O'Ryan-Roeder. Field Editor, ITN. For services to Television Broadcasting.
• Mrs Marguerite Rollason. For services to the Molesey and Ditton Housework Scheme, Surrey. (Thames Ditton, Surrey)
• David William Rooke. For services to Flood Defence and to the Environment. (York, North Yorkshire)
• Mrs Alicia Graham Rootes. For services to the King George's Fund for Sailors in Perthshire. (Logiealmond, Perth and Kinross)
• Miss Esther Sandra Rorrison. Higher Executive Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Kingston, Surrey)
• Ms Maggie Ross. For services to Training for Disadvantaged Groups. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Peter David Royle. General manager, Enham Industries. For services to Disabled People. (Hungerford, Berkshire)
• Raman Ruparell. For services to Community Life and to Race Relations in London. (Ilford, Essex)
• Antony Russell. Senior Navigator. For services to the Port Health Authority, Corporation of London. (Bexleyheath, Kent)
• Peter Albert Russell. For services to the Jewish community in London. (London, NW4)
• Thomas Leslie Ryder. For services to the Co-operative Movement and to the community in North Wales. (Colwyn Bay, Conwy)
• Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Rylatt. Archaeologist. For services to Heritage in Coventry. (Coventry, Warwickshire)
• John Arthur Sadden. Head, Design Assurance and Product Safety, BAE Systems Marine Ltd. For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries. (Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute)
• Mrs Lauraine Frederica Sadleir. Grade E2, Ministry of Defence. (St Austell, Cornwall)
• Arthur Sadler. President, Suffolk Valuation Tribunal. For services to modernising the Valuation Tribunal Service. (Ipswich, Suffolk)
• Mrs Joyce Sainsbury. For services to the community in Grimscott, Cornwall. (Nr Bude, Cornwall)
• Mrs Daisey Eileen Salmon. Pastoral Auxiliary, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (London, SE3)
• Paul Richardson-Sandell. Industrial Technician, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Plymouth, Devon)
• Resham Singh Sandhu. Chairman, Leicester Council of Faiths. For services to Community Life. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• William Liege Saul. For charitable services to the community in South Wales. (Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot)
• Mrs Susan Savage. Council Tax Caseworker, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Gosport, Hampshire)
• Mrs Kathleen Sayles. For services to the RAF Lichfield Association. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
• Peter Decoursey Irving Scantlebury. For services to Basketball. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Mrs Mora Joan Scott, DL. Honorary president, Children 1st in Moray. For services to Children.
• Riny Stanley Shadforth. Lately chief inspector, Warwickshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Rugby, Warwickshire)
• Kishore Devsi Shah. Environment Health and Safety manager, Terra Nitrogen UK Ltd. For services to Safety in the Fertiliser Industry. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
• Mrs Lily Shaw. For services to the Holbrook CE Primary School, Derbyshire. (Belper, Derbyshire)
• Stephen Eric Shaw. Lately Coxswain, Alderney Lifeboat. For services to the RNLI. (Alderney, Channel Islands)
• Mrs Zella Shawyer. For services to MIND in Malvern, Worcestershire. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
• Eric Norman Horace Shearly. For services to the community, especially Queen Elizabeth's School, in Barnet, Hertfordshire. (Barnet, Hertfordshire)
• Mrs Lynne Sheasgreen. Assistant private secretary (diary) to the secretary of the Cabinet, Cabinet Office. (London, N16)
• Robert Shepherd. For services to Bagpipe Music and Teaching. (Lochgelly, Fife)
• Mrs Winifred Aitken Sherry, JP. Trustee, Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Motherwell, Lanarkshire)
• Kutubuddin Ahmed Shikder. For services to the Muslim communities in East London. (London, E1)
• Mrs Felicity Ann Sieghart. For services to the Film Industry in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. (Aldeburgh, Suffolk)
• Lt Frederick Thomas Sigley. R.N. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)
• Mrs Rema Sim. Project Worker, Stonham Housing Association. For services to Homeless People in Calderdale. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
• Miss Posy Simmonds. Illustrator and Cartoonist. For services to the Newspaper Industry. (London, WC1X)
• Thomas Walker Simpson. Lifeboatman. For services to the RNLI. (Donaghadee, Down)
• Mrs Jacqueline Sims. For services to the community in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. (Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire)
• Harjit Singh. General Medical Practitioner, Warwickshire. For services to Medicine. (Nuneaton, Warwickshire)
• Joseph Patrick Skehel. For services to Agriculture in Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
• Mrs Susan Ruth Skelton. For services to the community in St. Austell, Cornwall. (St Austell, Cornwall)
• John Valentine Skene. For services to Industry through Quality Management. (Kingswood, Bristol)
• Mrs June Slatter. For services to the Maes y Neuadd Country House Hotel and to Tourism. (Talsarnau, Gwynedd)
• Victor Sloan. For services to Further Education. (Portadown, Armagh)
• William Slowther. Project manager, Endeavour Training, Birmingham. For services to Young People. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Mrs Gloria Kershaw-Smalley. Nursing Auxiliary, Blackburn Royal Infirmary. For services to Health Care. (Blackburn, Lancashire)
• Mrs Janet Elizabeth Smith. For services to the community in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire. (Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Miss Kathleen Elizabeth Smith, JP. Honorary secretary, Workers' Educational Association. For services to Adult Education in Southampton, Hampshire and Southern District. (Southampton, Hampshire)
• Roger Gayford Smith. Chair, Suffolk Education Business Partnership. For services to Education and Business. (Ipswich, Suffolk)
• William James Smith. For services to Aikikai. (Dudley, West Midlands)
• Robert Snodden. For Public Service. (Belfast)
• Mervyn Allen Solomon, JP. For charitable services. (Belfast)
• Robin Spence. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Dumfriesshire. (Lockerbie, Dumfries)
• Mrs Julie Spencer. Children's and Schools' Librarian, Bolton. For services to Librarianship. (Wigan, Lancashire)
• Mrs Patricia Margaret Spragg. Senior Personal secretary, HM Treasury. (London, E17)
• Eric Neil Sydney Spreadbury. For services to Local Government and to the community in Christchurch, Dorset. (Christchurch, Dorset)
• Christopher Charles Stamp. Special Constable, Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (South Harrow, Middlesex)
• Richard Stanwell. Committee Services Administrator. For services to the Regulation of Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
• Mrs Margaret Isobel Staples. Adoption Team manager, Nottinghamshire County Council. For services to Adoption. (Walesby, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Jocelyn Hilda Stephenson. For services to the community, especially the Citizens Advice Bureau, in Morpeth, Northumberland. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
• Mrs Anne Sterry. Nursery Nurse, Usk Primary School. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. (Newport, Gwent)
• Miss Dorothy Stevens. For services to Dance in Halifax, West Yorkshire. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
• Mrs Evelyn Anne Elizabeth Stevens. Senior Librarian, HM Treasury Solicitor's Department. (Ruislip, Middlesex)
• Mrs Margaret Stitt. Chief Usher, Furness Magistrates Court, Cumbria. For services to the Court Service. (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria)
• Miss Mary Catherine Stocks. Librarian, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
• Miss Beryl Noreen Stonestreet. For services to the community, especially the Children's Society, in Kent. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
• The Reverend David John Stoter. For services to the Hospital Chaplaincy and Bereavement Service. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
• Mrs Hilary Jayne Strong. Youth Worker in Charge, Bottesford Youth Centre, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. For services to Young People. (Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire)
• Jack MacFarlane Stuart. For services to the community in Coleshill, Warwickshire.
• Roger Alexander Stuart. For services to the Nuclear Industry and to the community in Caithness. (Thurso, Caithness)
• Mrs Mary Stubbington. Lately Grade E1, School of Employment Training, Ministry of Defence. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)
• Mrs Barbara Ann Summerfield, JP. For services to the community, especially Young People, in East Sussex. (Brighton, East Sussex)
• Stewart Alan Swales. Chief executive, Nottingham Regeneration Ltd. For services to the community. (Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire)
• Stephen Charles Sweetlove. Constable, Bedfordshire Police. For services to the Police. (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire)
• Gerald James Swires. Inspector of Taxes, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Sale, Cheshire)
• Gary Stephen Tallant. Revenue Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire)
• Michael Tamsett. For services to the community in Detling, Kent. (Sittingbourne, Kent)
• Annette Worsley-Taylor. For services to London Fashion Week. (London, SW10)
• Mrs Doreen Taylor. For services to the Wigan and District Wheelchair Fund. (Wigan, Lancashire)
• Mrs Eileen Veronica Taylor. For services to the community in Fleet, Hampshire. (Fleet, Hampshire)
• Martin Taylor. Guitarist. For services to Jazz Music. (Near Maybole, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Mrs Mary Taylor. Headteacher, Ferguslie Primary School, Renfrewshire. For services to Education. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)
• Mrs Marjorie Thoburn. For services to Counselling. (Frodsham, Cheshire)
• Mrs Annette Thomas. For services to the community in Upper Chapel, Brecon. (Brecon, Powys)
• Arthur Charles Thomas. For services to the community in Telford, Shropshire. (Telford, Shropshire)
• Mrs Rosalind Mary Thomas. For services to Local Government and to the community in Powys. (Builth Wells, Powys)
• Edwin Thompson. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Drypool, Hull. (Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Archibald Muir Thomson. Chairman, Cordale Housing Association, Renton, Dunbartonshire. For services to the community. (Alexandria, Dunbartonshire)
• James Hood Thomson. Depot manager, Stagecoach Western. For services to Public Transport. (Stranraer, Wigtown)
• Miss Sara Jean Scott Thomson. Clerk in Charge, Serjeant at Arms Department, House of Commons. (London, SW3)
• Mrs Ena Cameron Threlfall. For services to the community, especially Pensioners House, in Hyde, Cheshire. (Hyde, Cheshire)
• Mrs Gillian Tipton. Home Carer, Social Services Department, Essex. For services to the community. (Colchester, Essex)
• Mrs Mary Travis. For services to the community in Cheddleton, Staffordshire. (Leek, Staffordshire)
• Mrs Heather Trelfer. Lately Acting Executive Officer, Home Office. (Dover, Kent)
• David Lawson Trudgill. Lately Nematologist, Scottish Crop Research Institute. For services to Plant Pathology. (By Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross)
• Mrs Maureen Tucker. For services to the community in Waltham Forest, London. (London, E11)
• Stuart Frank Tully. Lately Coroner's Officer, Kent County Constabulary. For services to the Coroner's Office. (Maidstone, Kent)
• Miss Brenda Kathleen Tumber. Pre-School Adviser, Kent Local Education Authority. For services to Early Years and Special Needs Education. (Whitstable, Kent)
• John Charles Thain Tunley. For services to Music and to the community in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau, Gwent. (Ebbw Vale, Gwent)
• Mrs Julia Mary Twynam. For services to the Board of Visitors, HM Prison Bullingdon. (Faringdon, Oxfordshire)
• Barry Unwin. Curator, Logan Botanic Garden. For services to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. (Stranraer, Wigtown)
• Miss Edith Newell Uprichard. For services to Health Care. (Lurgan, Armagh)
• Mrs Polly Vacher. For services to the Royal International Air Tattoo Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
• Mrs Debra Veal. For services to Trans-Atlantic Rowing. (Teddington, Middlesex)
• Mrs Kathryn Eleanor Vessey. Lately Personal assistant. For services to the Better Regulation Task Force. (Nr Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Ms Joanna Wade. Solicitor. For services to the Maternity Alliance. (Westerham, Kent)
• Thomas Luther Wakefield. Member, Harthill Parish Council, South Yorkshire. For services to the community. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Mrs Catherine Frances Walker. Honorary Curator, Hornsea Museum. For services to Heritage in East Riding of Yorkshire. (Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Eric Walker, DL. For services to the community, especially the Prospect Hospice, in Swindon, Wiltshire. (Swindon, Wiltshire)
• Raymond Walker. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Llanelli, South Wales. (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire)
• Mrs Ruth Walmsley. For services to the community in Surbiton, Surrey. (Surbiton, Surrey)
• Ms Caroline Ward. For services to the Association of Residential Care. (Ashbourne, Derbyshire)
• John Alfred Ward. For services to Highway Maintenance and Safety. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
• Mrs Kathleen Warren. Senior Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)
• John McQueen Watson. Sergeant, Tayside Police. For services to the Police. (Perth and Kinross)
• Mrs Margaret Mary Watson. For services to the League of Friends of Sandwell General Hospital. (Walsall, West Midlands)
• Edward Alexander Weir. Senior Environmental Test Engineer, Computer Devices Co. For services to the Defence Industry. (Hastings, East Sussex)
• David Wheeler. For services to Meteorology on Fair Isle, Shetland. (Fair Isle, Shetland)
• Miss Dorothy Mary Patricia White. For charitable services to the community in Liss, Hampshire. (Liss, Hampshire)
• Mrs Myrna Nita Whiteson. For services to the Teenage Cancer Trust. (London, N20)
• Mrs Joan Whittaker. For services to the Beechwood Cancer Care Centre in Stockport, Cheshire. (Stockport, Cheshire)
• William Henry Whittaker. General manager, Cefndy Enterprises. For services to Disabled People. (Kinmel Bay, Denbighshire)
• Erl Buckley Wilkie. Director, Velocity Conference. For services to the City of Glasgow Council. (Glasgow)
• Frederick Williams. For services to Disabled People through Jigsaw. (Belfast)
• Mrs Helena Williams. For services to Foster Care in Denbighshire. (Prestatyn, Denbighshire)
• James Henry John Williams. For services to the Brass Band Movement and to the Salvation Army. (Enfield, Middlesex)
• Mrs Jean Williams. Chair, St. Matthew's Tenants' Association, Leicester. For services to the community. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
• Jeffrey Ray Williams. School Sports Tournament Co-ordinator, Gwent Police. For services to Young People. (Cwmbran, Torfaen)
• John Vincent Williams. For services to Foster Care in Denbighshire. (Prestatyn, Denbighshire)
• Mrs Nenna Doreen Williams. For services to Young People in the Cynon Valley. (Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff)
• Theodore Gethyn Williams. Chartered Surveyor. For services to the Landmark Trust. (Bath, Somerset)
• Mrs Michaela Willis. For services to the National Committee Relating to Organ Retention. (Braunton, Devon)
• Charles Smart Wilson. For services to Disabled Older People in Edinburgh. (Currie, Midlothian)
• Peter Winwright. Chief Draughtsman, Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)
• Mrs Betty Wood. Clinical Nurse Specialist, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil. For services to Specialist Respiratory Nursing. (Merthyr Tydfil)
• Mrs Christine Wood. President, National Federation of Builders Yorkshire Association. For services to the Construction Industry. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• David John Wood. For services to the Arts in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire)
• Mrs Frances Ann Wood. For services to the Frinton and Walton Home Support Group Trust, Essex. (Frinton-on-Sea, Essex)
• Miss Jennifer Wood. Community Librarian in Charge, Honiton, Devon. For services to Librarianship. (Cullompton, Devon)
• Mrs Judith Eileen Wood. For services to the Arts in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire)
• Mrs Dorothy Jean Wormwell. For services to the community, especially Elderly People, in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
• Mrs Juliet Wright. For services to the community in Stoke, Kent. (Nr Rochester, Kent)
• David Saint Yackiminie. For services to Overseas Students in Aberdeen. (Kinellar, Aberdeen)
• Mrs Margaret Anne Jane Yeomans. For services to the Arts. (Portaferry, Down)
• Stephen Barry Loy Yip. For services to Kids in Need and Distress. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Stephen York. Transport and Plant manager, Environment Agency. For services to the Environment. (Darlington, Durham)
• Raymond Thomas Henry Young. For services to the community in Withycombe, Somerset. (Nr Minehead, Somerset)

Diplomatic Service and Overseas

• John Barringer Abington. For services to agricultural research overseas.
• Melvin Bell, Technical Management Officer, British Consulate-General New York.
• Phillip William Brisley, Headmaster, International Community School, Amman.
• Jeremy Nigel St. John Burne. For services to the British motor industry in the USA.
• Brian Patrick Clarke. For public service, St. Helena.
• Andre Fernard Cochlin. For services to the British community, Rome.
• Edward Scott Crossett. For services to trade development in the waste management industry.
• Miss Carolyn Mary Davis, Management Accountant, British Council Headquarters.
• Miss Angela Bancroft Dean, Head, Lower School, Sir James Henderson British School, Milan.
• William Thomas Ernest Divall, Administration Assistant and Driver (locally engaged), British Consulate-General, Sydney.
• Jeremy Paul Eavis. For services to the prevention of armed conflicts.
• John Hartley Ebanks. For services to ex-servicemen in Jamaica.
• Mary Ruth, Mrs. Edwards, Second Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Ronald Ernest Fable. For services to orphaned children in the Philippines.
• Shirley Ann, Mrs. Fable. For services to orphaned children in the Philippines.
• Basil Clifford Fisk. For services to the local and British community, Peru.
• Miss Claire Fletcher. For services to the local community, New York.
• Pamela Angelina, Mrs. Gareze, Head of Registry (locally engaged), H.M. Embassy Madrid.
• David Howard Gavan, Honorary British Consul, Bari, Italy.
• Miss Helen Elizabeth Patricia Hamilton Gilmer. For services to leprosy sufferers and the chronically sick in Rwanda and Uganda.
• Freddie Ross, Mrs. Hancock. For services to UK-US cultural understanding.
• Timothy John Hansford. For services to British commercial interests in Mozambique.
• Kathleen Anne, Mrs. Harding. For services to leprosy sufferers and their families in Zambia.
• Isabel Mary, Mrs. Hardman. For services to the British community, Paris.
• Graham Martin Hellier. For services to the community, El Salvador.
• Kingsley Samuel Howe. For public service, Montserrat.
• Miss Maureen Teresa Howley. For services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Michael Dennis Hurst. For services to former prisoners of war and their relatives, Taiwan.
• Diana Southwood, Mrs. Kennedy. For services to the environment and UK-Mexico cultural understanding.
• Virginia Anne, Mrs. Kern. For services to exports to the Middle East.
• Mark Brian Kettle, Second Secretary (Consular), British High Commission, Islamabad.
• Salvia Marion, Mrs. Wood-Lamont. For services to the young and disabled in Romania.
• Miss Nicola Kate Lewis, Visits Officer (locally engaged), H.M. Embassy Washington.
• John Heron Lightfoot. For services to international trade.
• Mary Murray, Mrs. Metz. For services to Scottish- Texan cultural and business links.
• Miss Carol Ann Arnold Morris, Community Participation Advisor, British Council, Pakistan.
• Miss Rosemary Nalden, Founder of Buskaid. For services to musical teaching in Soweto, South Africa.
• Phyllis Mary, Mrs. Peters. For public service, St. Helena.
• Dr. Sui Yun Poon. For services to exports.
• Miss Mary Louise Redmond, Visits Officer (locally engaged), British Consulate-General New York.
• David John Robinson, Second Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Miss Juanita Carmen Aureol Dawn Roushdy. For services to INVOLVE, the IMF’s volunteer community programme in the USA.
• Miss Dinah Kate Rowlands. For services to nursing and public health in war-torn countries.
• Marie Berthe, Mrs. B Salter, For services to British War Veterans in France.
• Dr. Christopher Peter Sladen. For services to British commercial interests overseas.
• Jacqueline Kay, Mrs. Smith. For services to the community, Cayman Islands.
• Thomas Neville Tatem. For services to the community, Bermuda.
• David Ronald Taylor. For services to British ex- servicemen in Tenerife.
• Dorothy Griselda, Mrs. El Tayib. For services to the community and UK-Sudanese relations.
• Stafford Waters, Senior Fiscal Liaison Officer, H.M. Embassy Brussels.
• John Welsh, lately Press and Information Officer (locally engaged), H.M. Embassy Bogota.
• The Reverend Patricia Wright. For services to HIV/ AIDS work and education in Swaziland.