Honours List: Order of the British Empire, MBE (names K-Z)

Ms Maureen Kavanagh. Messenger, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (London, SE16)

Mrs Elizabeth Kay. Co-Founder and Project Leader, Bolton University of the Third Age. For voluntary service to Adult Education. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)

Bernard John Keay. Chairman, Health and Social Security Recreational Association, Department for Work and Pensions. (Saddleworth, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Virginia Anne Pickering Keen. For services to the community in Wiltshire. (Malmesbury, Wiltshire)

Victor Walter Keene. For services to the community in Coventry. (Coventry, West Midlands)

William Ernest James Kelley. For voluntary service to the RAF Halton Apprentices' Association. (Littlehampton, West Sussex)

Mrs Patricia Alexandra Kelly. Foster Carer, Cornwall. For services to Children and Families. (Hayle, Cornwall)

Graham Kennedy. For charitable services to People with Friedreich's Ataxia. (Glasgow)

Miss Linda Margaret Kennedy. Manager, Banqueting House, Whitehall. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (London, SW17)

Mrs Anne Kenyon. Administrative Officer, Pension, Disability and Carers' Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire)

Mrs Hilary Kerr. For services to Children and Young People with Special Needs in Warrington, Cheshire. (Warrington, Cheshire)

Dr David John Kerridge. Head of Science, Earth Hazards and Earth Systems Science, British Geological Survey. For services to Geophysics. (Musselburgh, East Lothian)

Ms Imtaz Khaliq. Designer and Master Tailor. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, N1)

Ms Shahda Khan. Principal Community Cohesion Officer, Middlesbrough Council. For services to Local Government and to Diversity. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Ms Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston. Founder and Creative director, Cath Kidston. For services to Business. (London, W4)

Patrick Kieran. Senior Design Engineer. For services to Science. (Caithness)

Mrs Anne Elizabeth King. Director, Building Services Research and Information Association. For services to Industry. (Wokingham, Berkshire)

Mrs Debra Ann King. Chair, Thornhill New Deal for Communities. For services to the community in Southampton, Hampshire. (Southampton, Hampshire)

Mrs Jacqueline Upton-King. Chair, Management Team, SturQuest Community Partnership. For services to the community in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. (Dorset)

Mrs Brenda Patricia Kirby. For services to the community in Croydon. (Croydon, Surrey)

Ms Marjorie Kirk. For voluntary service to HM Prison Nottingham. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Kirkwood. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen and Families Association in Northern Ireland. (Lisburn, Antrim)

Ms Anna (Mrs Lee-Potter) Kucewicz. For voluntary service to the Polish Scouting Association, Girl Scouts Division (UK). (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Paul Lambert. Chairman, Derbyshire Family Association. For services to Maritime Safety. (Tiverton, Devon)

John Lewis George Lamotte. For voluntary service to Animal Welfare in Scotland. (Pathhead, Midlothian)

Gabriel Lancaster. For services to the community in Medway, Kent. (Rochester, Kent)

Miss Irene Langlands. For services to Dance in Central Scotland. (Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)

Huw John Launder. Senior Executive Officer, Pension, Disability and Carers' Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Bristol)

Derek Law. Corporate director, Adult and Community Services, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Bedale, North Yorkshire)

Ronald Lawrence. For services to the Police and to the community in Nottinghamshire. (Nottinghamshire)

Miss Kathleen Lawrenson. Diagnostic Audiologist, St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. (St Helens, Merseyside)

Mrs Sheila Irene Layton. Founder, Contessa Riding Centre, Hertfordshire. For services to Equestrian Sport. (Ware, Hertfordshire)

Mrs Margaret Lee. Chief executive, Cresco Trust. For services to Social Enterprise in Northern Ireland. (Londonderry)

Bryan Lewin. Formerly head of Trading Standards, Northamptonshire County Council. For services to Consumers and to Business. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)

Miss Judith Anne Lewis. For services to the Environment in the North East. (Prudhoe, Tyne and Wear)

Councillor Leonard Lewis. For services to Local Government and to the community in Caerphilly, South Wales. (Treharris, Caerphilly)

Neil Lewis. For services to Industrial Heritage and to the community in Blaenavon,Torfaen. (Blaenavon, Torfaen)

David Robin Littlewood. For voluntary service to Athletics. (Surrey)

Dr Stephen Nicholas Liversedge. General Medical Practitioner, Bolton. For services to Healthcare. (Bolton, Lancashire)

Wesley Courtney Livingstone. President, Newry Musical and Orchestral Society. For services to Music and to the community in County Down. (Newry, Down)

Mrs Mary Constance Lloyd. For services to the community in Rutland. (Rutland)

Mrs Pauline Lockett. For services to the community of Ackworth, West Yorkshire. (Pontefract, West Yorkshire)

Arthur Clifford Lockyear. For services to the community in Sunderland. (Durham, Durham)

Ian Douglas Loe. Wildlife Stamp Designer. For services to Art. (Harston, Cambridgeshire)

Jeffrey Long. For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion. (Bingley, West Yorkshire)

Ronald Hedley Longford. Chiropractor and Physiotherapist. For services to Animal Welfare. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)

Mrs Carmel Lyddall. Executive assistant, Local Government and Regional Policy Team, Department of Health. (London, SE1)

Alexander McKay Lynch. Group Finance director, David MacBrayne Ltd, Gourock. For services to Transport and Charity in Scotland. (Gourock, Renfrewshire)

Ms Ann MacKay. Policy Adviser, English Community Care Association. For services to Social Care. (Essex)

Professor Margaret Maclean. Professor of Pulmonary Pharmacology. For services to Science. (Glasgow)

Mrs Geraldine MacPhee. Principal Teacher in Home Economics, Clyde Valley High School. For services to Education and to the community in North Lanarkshire. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)

Sydney Mair. For services to Local Government and to the community in Macduff, Aberdeenshire. (Aberdeenshire)

Mrs Jean Isabella Malkin. For services to Young People in the Cartmel Peninsula, Cumbria. (Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria)

Mrs Edna March. For services to the community in Crook, County Durham. (Crook, Durham)

Kenneth Marsh. Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and to Boxing in the London Borough of Haringey. (Hertfordshire)

Michael Thomas Martin. For services to the Voluntary Sector in Reading, Berkshire. (Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire)

Stuart Andrew Martin. For services to the community in Ripon, North Yorkshire. (Ripon, North Yorkshire)

William Martin. Chairman, H. and J. Martin Ltd. For services to the Construction Industry in Northern Ireland. (Holywood, Down)

Philip Mason. For services to Disabled People in Hampshire. (Bordon, Hampshire)

Ms Valerie (Mrs Hendry) Mason. For services to the British Heart Foundation. (Shepperton, Middlesex)

Mrs Hilary Massarella. For voluntary service to Disadvantaged Young People in South Yorkshire. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

George Lewis Mathias. For services to Agriculture. (Tenby, Pembrokeshire)

Mrs Catriona Matthew. For services to Golf. (North Berwick, East Lothian)

Edwin Alexander Maxwell. For services to the New Art Exchange and to the community in Nottingham. (Nottinghamshire)

Mrs Denise Jane May. Director of Sport and assistant Headteacher, Budehaven Community School, Cornwall. For services to Education. (Bude, Cornwall)

Leslie Holden McAdoo. Chairman, Ballyclare Committee, Macmillan Cancer Support. For charitable services in Northern Ireland. (Ballyclare, Antrim)

Mrs Margaret Mary McCluskie. Manager, Major Investigation Team, Identity and Passport Service, Home Office. (Howwood, Renfrewshire)

William McCrory. For services to Children with Cancer in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)

Mrs Helen Muir McDonald. For services to the community in Crieff, Perthshire. (Crieff, Perth and Kinross)

Ken McElroy. For services to the Tourist Industry in Northern Ireland. (Craigavon, Armagh)

Mrs Jean McEwen. For services to the community in Norwich. (Norwich, Norfolk)

Peter McFall. Janitor, St. Peter's Primary School, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. For services to Education. (Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire)

Dr David Douglas Murray McGavin. Ophthalmologist. For services to Eye Care in Developing Countries. (Glasgow)

Andrew Fraser McKay. Detective Superintendent, Strathclyde Police Force. For services to the Police. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)

Ms Annie McKean. Senior Lecturer in Drama, University of Winchester. For services to Higher Education. (Winchester, Hampshire)

Mrs Fiona Mary McLean. Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. (Bearsden, Glasgow)

Terrence McLernon. For services to Table Tennis and to the community in Drumchapel, Glasgow. (Glasgow)

Ms Melanie Justine McLoughlin. For services to the Devon Community Foundation. (Exeter, Devon)

Ivan Lewis McMichael. For services to Journalism in Northern Ireland. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)

Dr Mary Brigeen McNee. General Medical Practitioner, Glasgow. For voluntary service to Cancer Research and to Healthcare in Lourdes. (Barrhead, Renfrewshire)

Alexander Ian McNeill. Administration Officer, Customer Operations, Thornaby, Cleveland, HM Revenue and Customs. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)

Mrs Marian McNeir. For services to the community in Bath. (Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire)

Mrs Marjory McQueen. For services to the community in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway. (Lockerbie, Dumfries)

Dr Noel Henri Joseph Meeke. For voluntary service to Herefordshire Waterworks Museum. (Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire)

David Melrose. Chairman, Scottish Prison Officers' Association, Scottish Executive. (Mount Vernon, Glasgow)

Mrs Jean Messenger. For services to the After School Club, Bude, Cornwall. (Bude, Cornwall)

Faruk Miah. Programme manager, Leeds City College. For services to Further Education and to the community in Leeds. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Moira Sheelagh Michelmore. For services to the community in Sidmouth, Devon. (Sidmouth, Devon)

Mrs Elizabeth Milburn. Chair, West Suffolk College Corporation. For services to Further Education and to the community in Suffolk. (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)

Frederick Roy Millar. Director of Coaching, Irish Football Association. For services to Youth Football in Northern Ireland. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)

Ian Duncan Millar. For services to Agriculture in Scotland. (Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross)

Patrick Millard. For services to the charity Taxhelp for Older People. (Dorset)

Mrs Katherine Miller. Administrative Officer, Child Support Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (Dunfermline, Fife)

Mrs Marcia Anne Miller. For voluntary service to the British Red Cross Society in Cambridgeshire. (Cambridgeshire)

Gerald David Mills. For services to School Sport in Nottinghamshire. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Mrs Laura Mitchell. Consultant Orthodontist and Clinical Lead, St Luke's Hospital Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Nasrullah Khan Moghal. For services to Community Relations in Manchester. (Greater Manchester)

Michael Monaghan. For charitable services to Ex-Service Men and Women. (Fareham, Hampshire)

Mrs Elizabeth Montgomery. For charitable services in Northern Ireland and Overseas. (Bangor, Down)

Roger Ivan Moore. For services to the community in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire)

Christopher Morgan. Security manager, Aberafan Shopping Centre. For services to the community in Neath Port Talbot. (Neath, Neath Port Talbot)

Mrs Daphne Morgan. For voluntary service to Hertfordshire Constabulary and to Feltham Young Offenders' Institution. (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire)

John Francis Morgan. For voluntary service to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Newcastle, County Down. (Newcastle, Down)

Alderman Peter James Morgan. For services to the community in Sittingbourne, Kent. (Sittingbourne, Kent)

Mrs Heather Dalton Morris. School Crossing Warden, Sale, Cheshire. For services to Education. (Sale, Cheshire)

Mrs Helen Elizabeth Morris. Crown Advocate, Merseyside and Cheshire Group, Crown Prosecution Service. (Neston, Cheshire)

John Harold Morris. For services to the Post Office. (Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire)

Thomas Geraint Morris. For services to the NHS and to the community in Dersingham, Norfolk. (King's Lynn, Norfolk)

Nigel Peter Morse. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)

Keith Hedley Moss. President, Bradford Cricket League and Pudsey St. Lawrence Cricket Club. For voluntary service to Sport. (Pudsey, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Maureen Anne Muckle. Chair, Batchley First School, Redditch. For services to Education and to the community in North Worcestershire. (Redditch, Worcestershire)

Maurice Harrison Murphy. Trumpeter. For services to Music. (London, NW7)

Mrs Janice Elizabeth Naylor. For services to Swimming. (Penicuik, Midlothian)

Peter David Needham. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (London, SW12)

Terence Charles Nelson. Security Officer, Leeds City College. For services to Further Education. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Harold Newman. For services to the community in Mill Hill, London. (London, NW7)

Mrs Gilda Newsham. For voluntary service to the Alzheimer's Society, New Forest, Hampshire. (Fordingbridge, Hampshire)

Mrs Fionnuala Eileen Newton. Executive Administrative assistant, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education. (Downpatrick, Down)

Mrs Vicky Norman. Senior Executive Officer, Child Support Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. (Warrington, Cheshire)

Mrs Sheila Maureen O'Neill. For services to Music in Ackworth, West Yorkshire. (Bristol)

Mrs Valerie Ann O'Riordan. For services to the community in Berkshire. (Berkshire)

Mrs Barbara Oakes. Manager, High Street Library. For services to Local Government in Bolton. (Bolton, Lancashire)

Mrs Marjorie Frances Oaten. For voluntary service to People with Eating Disorders. (Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Mrs Margaret May Oatey. For services to the community in East Anglia. (March, Cambridgeshire)

Mrs Stella Okeahialam. Programme director, Croydon Enterprise. For service to Business. (Croydon, Surrey)

Michael Joseph Rolfe Orbell. For services to the Scouts in Wimbledon and Merton, London. (Worcester Park, Surrey)

Noel George Ormrod. Formerly chairman, Wallasey Arts Council. For services to the Arts in Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)

Alexander Orr. Craftsman, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Scotland. (Alloa, Clackmannanshire)

Arnold Jenkin Owen. For services to the community in Blackmill, Bridgend and to Welsh International Brigaders. (Bridgend)

Mrs Margaret Mcalister Owen. For services to the community in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Ms Margaret Paisley. College manager, Elmwood College, Residence and Student Union. For services to Further Education in Fife. (Cupar, Fife)

Mrs Margaret Frances Elizabeth Palmer. For public service. (Belfast)

Ms Lydia Joy Parbury. For services to People with Special Needs and Disabilities. (Richmond, Surrey)

Mrs Dorothy Mary Parker. Community Support Worker, West Wirral Community Mental Health Team. For services to Healthcare. (Wirral, Merseyside)

John Bywell Parker. For voluntary service to the Hadrian Trust in the North East. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Mrs Ann Rosemary Parr. Community Care Development manager, Age Concern, Woodley. For services to Older People in Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire)

Rabindara Nath Pathak. Chairman of Governors, Featherstone High School, Ealing, London. For voluntary service to Education. (Hounslow, Middlesex)

Trevor James Patton. Principal Nursing Officer, Northern Ireland Prison Service. (Ballmoney, Antrim)

Mrs Margaret Elsie Perfect. For voluntary service to the Boys' Brigade in Watford, Hertfordshire. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Alderman Fred Perry. For services to the community in Tipton, West Midlands. (Tipton, West Midlands)

Mrs Joan Phillips. For voluntary service to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. (Rochdale, Lancashire)

Roger Phillips. For services to London Garden Squares. (London, SW1V)

Mrs Jean Catherine Pickering. For services to Athletics and to the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund. (Hertfordshire)

Lady Alice Kirsty Pilkington. For voluntary service to Willowbrook Hospice, St. Helens and Knowsley, Merseyside. (Frodsham, Cheshire)

Mrs Pauline Pilkington. Director, Children's Services, Walsall Council. For services to Local Government. (Cannock, Staffordshire)

Professor Robert Michael Pittilo. Principal and vice-Chancellor, Robert Gordon University of Aberdeen. For services to Healthcare. (Cults, Aberdeen)

Dr Jaswant Kaur Jutley-Plested. Manager, Sydenham Children's Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset. For services to Children. (Burnham on Sea, Somerset)

Peter Pocock. For services to Workplace First Aid Training. (Sleaford, Lincolnshire)

Miss Rashmi Amritlal Popat. Executive Officer, Work Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work and Pensions. (Middlesex)

Ms Prudence Alexine Regina Porretta. For services to Community Cohesion and to the Tourist Industry in Coventry. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Iain David Russell Prain. Vice-Principal, Royal Blind School, Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. For services to Education. (Yarrow, Borders)

Stephen Prescott. For services to Rugby League and to Charity. (St Helens, Merseyside)

Mrs Gres Pritchard. Peripatetic Music Teacher, Ynys Mon. For services to Education. (Anglesey)

Dr The Reverend Jean Prosser. For services to Conservation and to the community in Monmouthshire. (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)

Mrs Isabel Quinliven. Founder, Caring Canines. For services to Older People in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)

Mrs Brenda Quinn. Service manager, Recovery Services, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Mental Healthcare. (Belfast)

Toaha Bashir Zulqarnain Qureshi. For services to Community Relations in Stockwell, South West London. (London, SW2)

Mrs Maureen Raine. Office manager, English Language Teaching Unit, University of Leicester. For services to Higher Education. (Leicester, Leicestershire)

Dr Kathleen Rankin. For voluntary service to the Living Linen Project in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)

Mohamad Rashied. President, Caribbean Islamic Cultural Society. For services to Community Relations in London. (Hounslow, Middlesex)

Robert David Richard Ray. For services to Rugby Union and to Young People in Rugby, Warwickshire. (Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset)

Ms Janet Mary Reed. Senior Social Worker, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Surrey, Ministry of Defence. (Tadworth, Surrey)

Mrs Angela Mary Rees. Assistant head, Debt Management and Banking, HM Revenue and Customs. (Neath, West Glamorgan)

Abdul Rehman. For services to the community in Derby. (Derby, Derbyshire)

Miss Marion Reynolds. For services to Vulnerable Children in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)

Alan Ribchester. For charitable services in the City of Durham. (Durham)

The Reverend James Manson Richards. For services to Children and Families. (Hounslow, Middlesex)

George Edmund Richardson. Formerly chairman, Calderdale College and chairman, Association of Colleges, Yorkshire and the Humber Region. For voluntary service to Further Education. (Brighouse, West Yorkshire)

Miss Rosalyn Elizabeth Richardson. Formerly Deputy director of Health Informatics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Andrew William Ritchie. Technical director, Brompton Bicycle Ltd. For services to Business and to International Trade. (London, SW3)

Christopher David Medwyn Roberts. For services to the community in Merseyside. (Southport, Merseyside)

Mrs Clarissa Elizabeth Roberts. For services to Older People in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. (Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire)

Mrs Jean Sylvia Roberts. Ministerial Messenger, Department for Transport. (London, SW2)

Peter Adrian Roberts. Chairman, Association of Community Rail Partnerships. For services to Rural Transport. (Sleaford, Lincolnshire)

Angus John Robertson. Principal Fellow in Clinical Illustration, Leeds Dental Institute. For services to Healthcare. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Matthew Robertson. Sergeant, Ministry of Defence Police. (Saltash, Cornwall)

Norman Robertson. Formerly Curriculum Leader in Hospitality, Ayr College. For services to Further Education. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran)

Mrs Margaret Robinson. For services to the community in Trimdon, County Durham. (Trimdons, Durham)

The Reverend Father George Edward Robson. Chairman, North Huyton New Deal for Communities Board. For services to the community in Merseyside. (Knowsley, Merseyside)

Ms Jennifer Van Krieken Robson. Head of Minority Achievement Service, Kent County Council. For services to Education. (Herne Bay, Kent)

Mrs Sheila Ruth Rodmell. For services to the community in Elvington, Kent. (Kent)

Ms Susan Rogers. For services to Trade Unions. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Lady Ruth Rogers Of Riverside. Chef and Co-Founder, River Cafe. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (London, W6)

William Andrew Taylor Roulston. For services to Equestrian Sport in Northern Ireland. (Coleraine, Londonderry)

Mrs Beryl Lillian Rowe. For services to the community in Lilley, Bedfordshire. (Nr Luton, Bedfordshire)

Dr Christopher Giles Rowland. For services to the Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Exeter. (Exeter, Devon)

John Rowlands. Economics Teacher, John Ruskin Sixth Form College, Croydon, London. For services to Education. (Croydon, Surrey)

Mrs Marion Roy. Formerly Headteacher, Auchenback Primary School, East Renfrewshire. For services to Education. (Elderslie, Renfrewshire)

Col John Anthony Nutter Read Royle. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen and Families Association in Northamptonshire. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)

Mrs Chrissie Rucker. Founder and Creative director, White Company. For services to the Retail Industry. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)

Anthony Michael Hurst Rumsey. Collections manager, National Monuments Record. For services to Photography. (Swindon, Wiltshire)

Mrs Annette Rushton. Formerly Matron, Severn Hospice, Shrewsbury. For services to Healthcare. (Welshpool, Powys)

Dr Andrew Oldrey Russell. Formerly chairman, League of Friends, Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital. For services to Healthcare. (Edenbridge, Kent)

Ezriel Salomon. For services to the community in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear)

Ahmed Ali Sasso. Constable, Hampshire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Totton, Hampshire)

Mrs Mary Ann Landsborough Saunders. For services to the Diocese of Oxford and to the Church of England. (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Ms Susan Saunders. Co-Ordinator, Disability Support Network, Home Office. (London, SW1P)

Keith Savage. For voluntary service to the Air Training Corps in Rutland. (Oakham, Rutland)

Mrs Lynn Savill. For services to People with Epilepsy in Gravesend, Kent. (Gravesend, Kent)

Ms Cherryl Lynn Sawyer. Business and Development director, Threshold Housing Link. For services to Homeless People in Swindon, Wiltshire. (Swindon, Wiltshire)

Mrs Callie Saxty. Formerly head of Visitor Operations for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, English Heritage. For services to Heritage. (Plymouth, Devon)

Mrs Nora Gladys Elsie Schneider. For services to the community in Newbury, Berkshire. (Newbury, Berkshire)

Robert Sinclair Scott. For voluntary service to the community in County Armagh. (Armagh)

The Reverend Christopher John Sears. For services to Disadvantaged People in Hastings, East Sussex. (St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex)

Dr Claude Doumet Serhal. Special assistant, British Museum. For services to Archaeology. (London, W8)

Thomas Richard Sermon. Chairman, London Youth. For services to Young People. (Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Terence Brian Shead. For services to the community in East Peckham, Kent. (Tonbridge, Kent)

Alan William Sherriff. For services to the community in South Yorkshire. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

Mrs Ann Shreeve. Senior Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Grimsby, Lincolnshire)

Jasvinder Singh Sidhu. For services to Social Housing. (Ickenham, Middlesex)

Phillip Edward Sillick, JP. For services to the community in Gorseinon, Swansea. (Gorseinon, Swansea)

Benjamin David Simpson, JP. For services to the community in Oxford. (Oxfordshire)

Mrs Kathleen Simpson. For services to the community in Moston, Manchester. (Manchester, Lancashire)

Lemn Sissay. Poet and Performer. For services to Literature. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

John William Skinner. Director of Music, Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, Lewisham, London. For services to Education. (London, SE9)

Mrs Catherine Slow. For services to West Exmoor Federation of Schools, Devon. (Barnstable, Devon)

Mrs Alison Mary Smedley. For services to Inland Waterways. (Leek, Staffordshire)

Mrs Amanda Jane Smith. Executive assistant, Youth Task Force Strategy, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Dr Angela Owen-Smith. For services to Medicine and to the community in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)

Miss Charlotte Lilian Smith. For services to the community in Porthyrhyd, Carmarthenshire. (Carmarthenshire)

Colin Smith. Retained Crew manager, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Local Government. (Keighley, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Elizabeth Smith. Vice-Chair and Board Member, Colchester Institute. For voluntary service to Further and Higher Education. (Colchester, Essex)

Ian Graham Smith. For services to the community in Ramsbury, Wiltshire. (Marlborough, Wiltshire)

James Smith. For voluntary service to Youth Football in Glasgow. (Glasgow)

Eric Snook. Foster Carer, Hampshire. For services to Children and Families. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)

Mrs Mary Snook. Foster Carer, Hampshire. For services to Children and Families. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)

Dr Richard Alfred Sparks. Formerly consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. (Cardiff)

Councillor Josephine Elizabeth Spencer. For services to the community in Christchurch, Dorset. (Christchurch, Dorset)

Dr Richard Anthony Spencer. Biology Subject Leader, SRC Bede Sixth Form, Billingham, Teesside. For services to Science Communication. (Durham)

Mrs Sally Louise Hughes-Stanton. Executive secretary, Prime Minister's Office. (West Liss, Hampshire)

Roger Carlton Steele. For services to Young People in Sheffield. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Mrs Cheryl Stevens. Principal Practitioner, Benefits and Credits, Preston, HM Revenue and Customs. (Preston, Lancashire)

Mrs Mary Stevens. For services to the community in Swindon, Wiltshire. (Devizes, Wiltshire)

Edward Craig Stevenson. Formerly Engineer of Medical Physics, University of Aberdeen. For services to Healthcare and to Charity. (Aberdeen)

Mrs Karen Stock. Extended Schools Co-ordinator, Shoeburyness and Chair of Governors, Shoeburyness High School, Essex. For services to Education. (Shoeburyness, Essex)

Rodney Ernest Stoddart. For voluntary service to Mountain Rescue in Tayside. (St. Andrews, Fife)

Eric Arthur Stott. For services to the community in the West Midlands. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)

Mrs Janet Stoyel. For services to the Textile Industry. (Honiton, Devon)

Miss Judith Anne Strange. Higher Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Lyndhurst, Hampshire)

Councillor Phyllis Zaphne Stretton. For services to the community in Cannock, Staffordshire. (Cannock, Staffordshire)

Mrs Ivy Alberta Sturgeon. Personal secretary, HM Prison Littlehey, Huntingdon, HM Prison Service, Ministry of Justice. (St Neots, Cambridgeshire)

Mrs Rozelle Elizabeth Sutherland. For voluntary service to Victims of Domestic Violence in Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands)

Roderick John Symonds. For services to the community in Reading, Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire)

Mrs Ranjula Takodra. For services to the community in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (Haddenham, Buckinghamshire)

Mrs Gwynneth Mary Tame. For services to Heritage and to the community of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. (Wallingford, Oxfordshire)

Mrs Susan Tamlyn. For services to Heritage in Suffolk. (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)

Miss Samantha Claire Taylor. Cricketer. For services to Sport. (Wokingham, Berkshire)

James Graham Taylor. Music director, City of Glasgow Chorus. For services to Music. (Glasgow)

Mrs Josephine May Taylor. For services to the community in Plumpton Green, East Sussex. (Lewes, East Sussex)

Mrs Mary Thirlwell. For voluntary service to Young People in Lanarkshire. (Lanark, Lanarkshire)

Ms Melanie Anne Thody. Head of Outreach, Imperial College London. For services to Science Communication. (London, SW18)

Mrs Margaret Jean Thomas, JP, DL. For services to the community in Bristol. (Bristol)

Peter Thomas. Formerly Project director Devonport, Interserve plc. For services to the Defence Industry. (Liskeard, Cornwall)

Jonathan Bryan Thornes. For services to the Voluntary Sector in the East Midlands. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)

Gordon Owen Thornhill. For services to the community in Foston and Scropton, Derbyshire. (Derby, Derbyshire)

Angus Tilston. For services to the Historical Film Industry in the North West. (Bebington, Merseyside)

Thomas Todd. For services to the community in Northern Ireland. (Newry, Down)

Mrs Pamela Towning. Assistant Officer, Customer Contact, Shipley, West Yorkshire, HM Revenue andCustoms. (Shipley, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Maureen Ivy Townley. For charitable services in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. (Southend on Sea, Essex)

Van Cuong Truong. For services to the Indo-Chinese community in South East London. (London, SE6)

Mrs Evelyn Roberta Turkington. For voluntary service to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in Northern Ireland. (Craigavon, Armagh)

Mrs Mary Josephine Turner. President, GMB. For services to Trade Unions. (London, NW2)

Edward Jonathan Turpie. Director, Maverick Television. For services to International Trade. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Dr Alan Manson Turtle. For voluntary service to the community in Richhill, County Armagh. (Armagh)

Miss Elizabeth Kimberley Tweddle. For services to Gymnastics. (Liverpool, Merseyside)

John Christopher Tyzack. Chairman of Governors, Enborne Church of England Primary School and Willow Primary School, Newbury, Berkshire. For voluntary service to Education. (Newbury, Berkshire)

Mrs Wendy Margaret Vaughan. For services to the community in South East Surrey. (Chipstead, Surrey)

Ronald Derek Vaulter. For services to the community in South Devon. (Newton Abbot, Devon)

Mrs Christine Ruston-Wadsworth. Superintendent, Warwickshire Police. For services to the Police. (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)

Julian Wadsworth. For services to Young People in Portsmouth. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)

Mrs Janice Irene Walker. Officer, HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, London, HM Prison Service, Ministry of Justice. (Greenford, Middlesex)

Mrs Pamela Walker. Chair of Governors, Cambo First School, Morpeth, Northumberland. For voluntary service to Education. (Morpeth, Northumberland)

Mrs Gillian Karen (formerly Bogush), Mrs Walnes. For services to the Anne Frank Trust UK. (London, N12)

Mrs Joan Patricia Warwick. For charitable services to Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent. (Kent)

Amir Waseem. Officer, Customer Contact, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, HM Revenue and Customs. (Lye, West Midlands)

Mrs Shirley Irene Watson. For services to the Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Support Association. (Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire)

The Reverend Canon Michael John Wedgeworth. Formerly chairman of Governors, Blackburn College. For voluntary service to Further Education and to the communityin Lancashire. (Lancashire)

Michael Edwin Weeding. Senior Officer, Customs and International, London, HM Revenue and Customs. (Bracknell, Berkshire)

James Weir. Lecturer, Forth Valley College. For services to Further Education in Clackmannanshire. (Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)

David Anthony Westcott, JP. For services to the community in Essex. (Essex)

Mrs Audrey Wheeler. For voluntary service to Oxfam in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Norman Edward Whereat. For services to the community in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. (Cirencester, Gloucestershire)

Hilary John White. Chairman of Governors, Willingdon Community School, Eastbourne, East Sussex. For voluntary service to Education. (Eastbourne, East Sussex)

John Samuel Byard White, JP, DL. For services to the community in Somerset. (Somerset)

Nicholas Stephen Whitehouse. For services to the Building Industry. (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire)

David Widdowson. For services to Young People with Learning Disabilities in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. (Chesterfield, Derbyshire)

Alan Bertram Wiggins. For services to the community in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex)

Philip Julian Wilde. For voluntary service to Young People in Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire)

Dr Henry Austin Will. For voluntary service to Ford Park Cemetery Trust in Plymouth, Devon. (Plymouth, Devon)

Mrs Doreen Willcocks. For services to Netball and to the community in Pinehurst, Swindon, Wiltshire. (Swindon, Wiltshire)

Paul Willgoss. Band 3, chief Scientists' Advisory Group and chairman, Disability Network, Health and Safety Executive, Department for Work and Pensions. (Bootle, Merseyside)

Christopher Mark Williams. Director, Heart *Soul. For services to Disability Arts. (Faversham, Kent)

David Michael Williams. For services to the community in Flintshire. (Flintshire)

Gwilym Alun Williams. For services to Sport for Young People in Wales. (Aberystwyth, Ceredigion)

Professor Robert Joseph Paton Williams. For services to the community in North Oxford. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Gerald Willmott. Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and to Boxing in the London Borough of Haringey. (Essex)

Albert Leslie Wills, QFSM. For services to the community in the West Midlands. (West Midlands)

Patrick Andrew John Wilson. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (Bangor, Down)

Sydney Wiltshire. For services to the community in Petersfield, Hampshire. (Petersfield, Hampshire)

Andrew Nicholas Wood. Manager and head Coach, Ipswich Gymnastics Centre. For services to Sport. (Ipswich, Suffolk)

Mrs Maureen Woodcock. Formerly Non-Executive director, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Walsall, West Midlands)

Mrs Agnes Brown Marchbank Wright. For voluntary service to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. (Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire)

Mrs Clare Margaret Wright. Personal assistant, Warwickshire College. For services to Further Education. (Warwick, Warwickshire)

Richard Kelsey Wright. Chief executive Officer, Intertius Ltd. For services to the Maufacturing Industry. (Worksop, Nottinghamshire)

Mrs Beryl Joan Wyatt. Gardening assistant, Writtle College, Chelmsford. For services to Higher Education. (Chelmsford, Essex)

Mrs Claire Judith Wylot. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (Naphill, Buckinghamshire)

Councillor Yogan Mylvaganam Yoganathan. For services to Local Government and to Community Relations in North Surrey. (Surbiton, Surrey)

Mrs Jeannie Young. For voluntary service to St. Richard's Hospice, Worcester. (Droitwich, Worcestershire)

Mrs Pauline Margaret Young. For voluntary service to Disabled People in Wales. (Cardiff)

Mrs Mavis Yuill. Classroom assistant, Kilmartin Primary School, Argyll and Bute. For services to Education. (Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute)