Honours List: Order of the British Empire, CBE

Miss Evelyn Jean Selby Arnold. Deputy director, State Pensions Policy, Department for Work and Pensions. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Mrs Sheila Audsley. Formerly Headteacher, Clifton Green Primary School, York. For services to local and national Education. (Stockton on the Forest, North Yorkshire)

Ms Kirstin Baker. Formerly head, Financial Stability Team, HM Treasury. (Edinburgh)

Francis Baron, OBE. Formerly chief executive, Rugby Football Union. For services to Sport. (Streat, East Sussex)

Dr Rabbi Anthony Michael Bayfield. For services to British Reform Judaism. (London, NW11)

Professor John Benington. Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Management, Warwick Business School. For public service. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Professor Stephen Blackmore. Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For services to Plant Conservation. (Edinburgh)

George William Bolsover. Chairman, Aggregate Industries. For services to the Construction Industry. (Pershore, Worcestershire)

Dr Christopher Paul Hadley Brown. Director, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. For services to Museums. (Oxfordshire)

Ian Arthur Brown. Managing director, London Rail, Transport for London. For services to the Rail Industry. (London, SE10)

Joseph Brown, MBE. For services to Rock Climbing and to Mountaineering.

Dr Lindsay Burley. Formerly Chair, National Waiting Times Centre Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland. (Musselburgh, Lothian)

Ravi Parkash Chand, QPM. Head of Group Equality and Diversity, Home Office. (Rushden, Northamptonshire)

Christopher Samuel Gordon Clark. For services to the Academy of Culinary Arts. (London, SW7)

Keith Edward Frank Clarke. Chief executive Officer, W. S. Atkins plc. For services to Engineering and to the Construction Industry. (London, W4)

Andrew Cole. Director Operations, Specialist Investigations, Bootle, Merseyside, HM Revenue and Customs. (Wrexham, Clwyd)

Professor Michael John Cooke. Chief executive, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Mental Healthcare. (Cheshire)

Howard Cooper. Director of Children's Services, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Formby, Merseyside)

Leslie Thomas Cramp. Deputy chief executive, Insolvency Service, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. (Maidstone, Kent)

Mrs Allison Crompton. Headteacher, Middleton Technology School, Rochdale. For services to local and national Education. (Oldham, Greater Manchester)

Dr Peter Geoffrey Cullum. Chairman, Towergate Partnership. For services to Business and to Charity. (Sevenoaks, Kent)

Ian Mark Marshall Dalton. Chief executive, North East Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS. (Durham)

Mark Damazer. Formerly Controller of Radio 4, BBC. For services to Broadcasting. (London, SW2)

Stephen Howard Davies. Director. For services to Drama. (London, SE23)

Dr Minaxi Sharad Desai. Consultant Cytopathologist and Clinical director, Manchester Royal Infirmary. For services to Women's Healthcare. (Altrincham, Greater Manchester)

Ronald James Dobson, QFSM. Commissioner, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. For services to Local Government. (London, DA15)

Gerard James Patrick Eadie. For services to the Glazing Industry and to the Voluntary Sector in Scotland. (Kinross, Fife)

Jason Feeney. Chief Operating Officer, Pension, Disability and Carers' Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Professor John Fisher. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds. For services to Biomedical Engineering. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Dr Peter Fitzgerald. Managing director, Randox Laboratories Ltd. For services to Business in Northern Ireland. (Crumlin, Antrim)

Mrs Angiolina Foster. Director, Strategy and Ministerial Support, Scottish Government. (Dullatur, Glasgow)

Mrs Angela Jane Frost. Director, Individual Customer Directorate, London, HM Revenue and Customs. (London, SW15)

David Stuart Frost. Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce. For services to Business. (London, SW1H)

Professor Michael Gordon Fulford. Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading. For services to Scholarship. (Reading, Berkshire)

Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray, FRS. Hope Professor of Entomology, University of Oxford. For services to Science. (Mapledurham, Oxfordshire)

Mrs Farah Ramzan Golant. Executive chairman, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. For services to the Advertising Industry. (London, NW1)

Howard Lindsay Goodall. National Ambassador for Singing. For services to Music Education. (London, SW13)

Edward Peter Gostling. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (Virginia Water, Surrey)

Dr Dennis Gunning. Formerly director, Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Group, Welsh Assembly Government. (Cardiff)

Ali Hadawi. Principal, Southend Adult Community College. For services to Vocational Education in Iraq and to Further Education. (London, BR2)

Mrs Donna Hall. Chief executive, Chorley Borough Council. For services to Local Government in Lancashire. (Chorley, Lancashire)

Professor Katharine Hamnett. Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, E8)

Ms Sheila Cameron Hancock, OBE. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, W1D)

Ronald David Harker, OBE. Formerly chief executive, Citizens' Advice. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (London, SE14)

Kenneth George Harvey. Chairman, Pennon Group plc. For services to the Utility Industries. (Buckinghamshire)

Peter Richard Head, OBE. Director, Arup. For services to Civil Engineering and to the Environment. (London, BR3)

Professor Graham Henderson. Vice-Chancellor, University of Teesside. For services to local and national Higher Education. (North Yorkshire)

Mrs Joyce Drummond-Hill. Head, Audit and Corporate Assurance, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice. (Crawley, West Sussex)

Professor Stephen Holgate. Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton. For services to Clinical Science. (Romsey, Hampshire)

Professor Julian Meurglyn Hopkin. Rector for Medicine and Health, University of Wales, Swansea. For services to Medicine. (Gower, Swansea)

Ms Sandra Horley, OBE. Chief executive, Refuge. For services to the Prevention of Domestic Violence. (London, N10)

Trevor Charles Horn. Record Producer. For services to the Music Industry. (London, NW3)

Ms Eileen Margaret Humphreys, OAM. Founder and International director, Child Migrants Trust. For services to Disadvantaged People. (Nottinghamshire)

Edward David Brynmor Jones. For services to Architecture. (London, NW1)

Lionel Joyce, OBE. Formerly commissioner, Legal Services Commission. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Dr Raymond Stuart Kelvin. Founder and chief executive, Ted Baker. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, NW3)

Anthony Denis Kennan, OBE. Chairman, Multiple Sclerosis Society. For services to Healthcare. (Darlington, Durham)

George Kerr. For services to Judo. (Edinburgh)

Professor Ronald Alfred Laskey. Formerly Professor of Embryology, University of Cambridge and lately director, Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit. For services to Science. (Cambridgeshire)

John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd. Radio and Television Producer. For services to Broadcasting. (Wantage, Oxfordshire)

Ms Rosalynde Lowe. Chair, Queen's Nursing Institute. For services to Healthcare. (London, N1)

Christopher Colin MacLehose. For services to the Publishing Industry. (London, N7)

Wayne McGregor. Choreographer. For services to Dance. (London, EC1R)

Professor Quintin McKellar. Principal, Royal Veterinary College. For services to Science. (Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire)

Steve Rodney McQueen, OBE. For services to the Visual Arts. (London, W5)

Jonathan Edward Moor. Director, Aviation Directorate, Department for Transport. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)

Robert Stewart Napier. Chairman, Homes and Communities Agency and the Met Office. For public service. (West Sussex)

Nigel Thomas Newcomen. Deputy chief inspector of Prisons. For public service. (Surrey)

Simon Norris. Deputy director, Central Policy, London, HM Revenue and Customs. (London, SE3)

Michael John Oglesby. For services to Business and to Charity in the North West. (Altrincham, Greater Manchester)

Hamish Macgregor Ogston. Non-Executive director, CCP Group plc. For services to Business and to the community in York. (London, SW7)

Michael Antonio Parker. Chairman, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS. (London, SE5)

Dr Richard Newton Parker. Formerly Principal, Chichester College. For services to local and national Further Education. (Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Giles Dominic St Pegram. Richard, lately director of Fundraising, NSPCC. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (London, N8)

The Honourable Philip John Remnant. For services to the Financial Services Industry and to the Public Sector. (Basingstoke, Hampshire)

Robert Nigel Ricketts. Director, System Management and New Enterprise, Department of Health. (Bedfordshire)

Mrs Diane Mary Roberts. Principal, Brockenhurst College, Hampshire. For services to Further Education. (Cowes, Isle of Wight)

Dr John Anthony Roberts, QC, DL. For services to the Administration of Justice, Diversity and to Equal Opportunities. (London, HA5)

Ms Amanda Rowlatt. Director of Analysis and Child Poverty, Employment Group, Department for Work and Pensions. (London, SW13)

Dr Sheila Joan Shribman. National Clinical director for Children, Young People and Maternity, London. For services to Medicine. (Northamptonshire)

Dr Ambrose Joseph Smith. Principal, Aquinas Sixth Form College, Stockport. For services to local and national Education. (High Peak, Derbyshire)

Mrs Carole Lesley Souter. Chief executive, National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund. For services to Conservation. (London, SW1W)

Ms Katrine Sporle. Chief executive, Planning Inspectorate, Department for Communities and Local Government. (Nether Wallop, Hampshire)

David Suchet, OBE. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, W2)

Alastair John Sykes. Formerly chairman and chief executive, Nestle UK. For services to the Food Industry. (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)

Museji Ahmed Takolia. For services to Diversity and to Equal Opportunities. (Gloucestershire)

Mrs Ann Tate. Formerly vice-Chancellor, University of Northampton. For services to Higher Education. (Rattlesden, Suffolk)

Mrs Sheila Margaret Taylor. Headteacher, Annette Street Primary School, Glasgow. For services to local and national Education in Scotland. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)

Ms Sara Joanne Thornton, QPM. Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police. (Oxfordshire)

Arthur Torrington, OBE. Co-Founder, Equiano Society. For services to Black British Heritage. (London, SE12)

Professor Nicholas Tyler. Head of Department and Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, University College London. For services to Technology. (London, E5)

Ms Janet Vitmayer. Chief executive and director, Horniman Museum. For services to Museums. (London, SE21)

Professor John Williamson Wallace, OBE. Principal, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. For services to Dance, Music and Drama Education in Scotland. (Glasgow, )

Mrs Alison Jane Ward. Chief executive, Torfaen County Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)

Richard Wentworth. Sculptor. For services to Art. (London, N1)

The Right Reverend Martin Wharton. For services to the Church of England and to the community in the North East. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

Graham Clive White. Director, International Energy and Technology, Department of Energy and Climate Change. (Surrey)

Brian Paul Whittaker. Chief Crown Prosecutor, Merseyside and chairman, Cheshire and Mersey Group, Crown Prosecution Service. (Liverpool, Merseyside)

Tom Williams. Executive vice-president of Programmes, Airbus SAS. For services to the Aerospace Industry. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)

Dr David Wilson. Philanthropist. For services to Young People. (Lowesby, Leicestershire)

Roger Leslie Wilson. Founder, Sarcoma UK Charity. For services to Healthcare. (Church Stretton, Shropshire)