Birthday Honours: Civil Order Of The British Empire, CBE

Dr Mary Armitage. Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine. (Broadstone, Dorset)

Simon Armitage. Poet. For services to Literature. (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Patricia Baskerville. Head of Safer Custody and Offender Policy, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Defence. (West Kingston, Surrey)

William Gordon Baxter, OBE, DL. For services to Business and to Charity in North East Scotland. (Fochabers, Moray)

George William John Benjamin. Composer and conductor. For services to Music. (London, W9)

Professor Timothy John Besley. Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics. For services to Social Science. (London, WC2A)

Peter George Betts. Director of International Climate Change, Department for Energy and Climate Change. (London, SW4)

Gavin McFarlane Black. For services to the community in the North East. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

William George Black. Chief executive, Glasgow City Council. For services to Local Government. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)

Jonathan Blackie. Regional director, Government Office for the North East, Department for Communities and Local Government. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

John Brown. Director, Cross Cutting Group (Local Compliance) Glasgow, HM Revenue and Customs. (Mount Vernon, Glasgow)

Mrs Elizabeth Burnley. Chief Guide, Girlguiding UK. For services to Young People. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)

Rodney Paul Carr, OBE. Formerly chief executive, Royal Yachting Association. For services to Sailing. (Alresford, Hampshire)

Mrs Freda Chaloner. Director, Large Business Service, HM Revenue and Customs. (St.Albans, Hertfordshire)

Alan Clarke. Deputy director, Curriculum and Pupil Well Being, Schools Directorate, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (London, N8)

Peter Derrick Cleminson. Formerly National chairman, Royal British Legion. For voluntary service to Ex-Servicemen and Women. (Chesham, Buckinghamshire)

Peter Collins. Chief executive, Salford Foundation Charity. For services to Young People. (Oldham, Lancashire)

Bryan Davis. Chief executive, Social Security Agency Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland Executive. (Hillsborough, Down)

Mrs Linda Mary De Cossart. Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon, Countess of Chester Hospital. For services to Medicine. (Gloucestershire)

Dr Stephen Deuchar. Formerly director Tate Britain. For services to Art. (Westwell, Kent)

Colin Dodge. Executive vice-president of Africa, Middle East, India, Europe Operations, Nissan Motors Ltd. For services to the Automotive Industry. (Tokyo, Japan)

Judge Khurshid Hassan Drabu. For services to Community Relations. (Winchester, Hampshire)

Dr Marshall Paul Elliott. For public service. (Broadstairs, Kent)

Dr David Stuart English, MBE. For services to Cricket and to Charity. (London, NW7)

Brian Etheridge. Director, Civil Service Capability Group, Cabinet Office. (Basingstoke, Hampshire)

Professor Andrew Finlay. Formerly Professor of Dermatology, Cardiff University. For services to Medicine. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Stephen James Finnigan, QPM. Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Southport, Merseyside)

Mrs Siobhan Fitzpatrick. Chief executive, Early Years Organisation. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. (Newry, Down)

Peter John Freeman, QC. (Hon.), chairman, Competition Commission. For public service. (Bath, Somerset)

Mrs Anne Galbraith, OBE. Chair, Valuation Tribunal Service. For public service. (Bardon Mill, Northumberland)

Professor David Michael Gann. Chair in Technology and Innovation Management, Imperial College London. For services to Engineering. (Hove, East Sussex)

Ms Ann Margaret Green. Chair, Board of Trustees, Royal Armouries. For services to Museums. (York, North Yorkshire)

Mrs Judith Louise Greensmith. For services to the NHS in Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)

David Gregory. Headteacher, Fosse Way Community Special School, Bath. For services to local and national Special Needs Education. (Keinton Mandeville, Somerset)

Dr Russell Hamilton. Director of Research and Development, Department of Health. (Taunton, Somerset)

Nicholas Lionel Hardwick. Chairman, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For public service. (London, NW6)

Peter Robert Harrison. For charitable services through the Peter Harrison Foundation. (Reigate, Surrey)

Terence Hodgkinson. Chairman of Yorkshire Forward, Regional Development Agency. For services to Business and to Regeneration. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Mrs Eileen Rosemary Holmes. President, Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal in Northern Ireland. For services to Industrial Relations. (Downpatrick, Down)

Professor Ann Jacqueline Hunter. Formerly Senior vice-president and head, Science Environment Development, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (Welwyn, Hertfordshire)

Richard Hugh Hunting. Formerly chairman, Geffrye Museum Trust. For services to the Arts and to Heritage. (London, SW3)

Christopher Rajendran Hyman. Chief executive Officer, Serco Group plc. For services to Business and to Charity. (Weybridge, Surrey)

Karl William Pamp Jenkins, OBE. Composer. For services to Music. (Llanrhidian, Swansea)

Miss Catherine Zeta Jones. Actor. For services to the Film Industry and to Charity. (London, W1N)

Lady Barbara Judge. Chair, UK Atomic Energy Authority. For services to the Nuclear and Financial Services Industries. (London, SW1)

Raymond Andrew Kitson. Senior assistant director of Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland. (Newcastle, Down)

Dr Paul Langmaid. Chief Dental Officer for Wales, Department of Health and Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government. (Cowbridge, South Glamorgan)

Robert Laslett. Director, Private Pensions and chief Economist, Department for Work and Pensions. (London, N19)

Professor David Seymour Latchman. Master of Birkbeck College, University of London. For services to Higher Education. (London, NW11)

Ms Prudence Margaret Leith, OBE. Formerly Chair, School Food Trust. For services to the Catering Industry. (Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire)

Professor Noel Lloyd. Vice-Chancellor, Aberystwyth University. For services to Higher Education in Wales. (Ceredigion, Dyfed)

Dr Michael Longley. Poet. For services to Literature. (Belfast)

Professor Linda Maitland Luxon. Professor of Audiological Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine. (London, W1M)

Professor David Whyte MacDonald. Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Oxford. For services to Natural Sciences. (Witney, Oxfordshire)

Dr Karl Joseph MacKie. Chief executive and Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution. For services to Mediation. (London, SW19)

Professor Barry McCormick. Chief Economist and chief Analyst, Department of Health. (London, SW1P)

Robin John Christian Millar. Record Producer. For services to the Music Industry. (London, SW12)

Mrs Marlene Craigie Morley, OBE. Head of the Defence Equipment and Support Collocation Team, Ministry of Defence. (Bath, Somerset)

Professor Alan Shaw Murie. Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham. For services to the Housing Sector. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Peter Edward Murray, OBE. Founder and Executive director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. For services to the Arts. (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)

John Noble. For public service. (Gloucestershire)

George Carew O'Grady. Chief executive, Professional Golfers' Association European Tour. For services to Sport. (Sunningdale, Berkshire)

Douglas Edwin Oakervee, OBE. Formerly chairman, Crossrail. For services to Civil Engineering. (Newmarket, Suffolk)

John Douglas Orr. Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and lately president, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. For services to Medicine. (Colinton, Edinburgh)

Ms Jenny Owen. Executive director, Adult, Health and Community Wellbeing, Essex County Council and president, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. For public service. (London, N8)

Miss Ruth Owen. Chief Operating Officer and Deputy chief executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Buckinghamshire)

Mrs Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten, OBE. Cookery Writer. For services to the Food Industry. (Brighton, East Sussex)

Stephen Phipson. President and Group managing director, Smiths Detection Group Ltd. For services to the Security Industry. (Chigwell, Essex)

Graham Fenwick Pimlott. Formerly chairman, Export Credits Guarantee Department. For services to Business. (London, SE24)

Ms Hope Patricia Powell, OBE. National Coach, England Women's Football Team. For services to Sport. (London, SE15)

Professor Carol Propper. Professor of Economics of Public Policy, University of Bristol. For services to Social Science. (London, N1)

Stephen Julian Przybylski. Head of Strategy and Policy, Crown Prosecution Service. (Chelmsford, Essex)

William Roe. Chairman, Highlands and Islands Enterprise. For public service. (Edinburgh)

Lady Susan Carroll Sainsbury. For services to the Royal Shakespeare Company and to the Arts. (London, W11)

John Robin Schultz. Chief executive, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Stockport, Cheshire)

Professor John Graham Shepherd, FRS. Professorial Research Fellow in Earth System Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. For services to Science. (Fordingbridge, Hampshire)

Professor Martin Shirley. Director, Institute for Animal Health. For services to Science. (Cambridgeshire)

Ms Jo Shuter. Headteacher, Quintin Kynaston Community School, City of Westminster, London. For services to local and national Education. (London, NW10)

Professor David Thomas Sines. Pro vice-Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University. For services to Healthcare. (Weybridge, Surrey)

Ms Theodosia Sowa. For services to the Voluntary Sector in the UK and Overseas. (London, SW11)

Professor Robert Stephen John Sparks, FRS. Chaning Wills Professor of Geology, University of Bristol. For services to Environmental Science. (Congresbury, Bristol)

Mrs Mary Cecilia Spinks. Director, Florence Nightingale Foundation. For services to Nursing. (Maidenhead, Berkshire)

Ms Alyson Jane Stafford. Director of Finance, Scottish Executive. (West Linton, Lanarkshire)

Dr Robert Scott Steedman. Vice-president, Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to Engineering. (London, W8)

David Graham Stevens. Chief Operating Officer, Admiral Group. For services to the Insurance Industry and to Charity. (Vale of Glamorgan, South Glamorgan)

Mrs Heather Vivienne Stevens. For charitable services. (Vale of Glamorgan, South Glamorgan)

Paul Stockton. Director, Tribunals Judicial Office, Ministry of Justice. (North Weald, Essex)

Norman Kelvin Stoller, OBE, DL. For charitable services. (Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria)

David Radcliffe Stone, OBE. Chairman, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Dr Timothy John Stone. Expert chairman, Office of Nuclear Development. For services to the Energy Industry. (Essex)

Dr (Ernest) Neil Suggett. Headteacher, Hayes Park Primary School, Hillingdon, London. For services to Education. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire)

Mrs Helen Patricia Tait. Headteacher, Sandgate Primary School and Folkestone Primary Academy. For services to Education in Kent. (Hythe, Kent)

Stephen William Thomas. Chief executive, Welsh Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. (Ebbw Vale, Gwent)

Harold Peter Tillman. Chairman, Jaeger and British Fashion Council. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, N6)

Martin Tolhurst. Principal, Newham College of Further Education. For services to Further Education in London. (Thames Ditton, Surrey)

Ms Louise Wendy Tulett. Group director of Finance and Procurement, HM Treasury. (Aldershot, Hampshire)

Colin Jack the Honourable Lord Tyre. Formerly president, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Dunbar, East Lothian)

Professor Veronica Van Heyningen. President, Genetics Society. For services to Science. (Edinburgh)

Dr Jean Venables, OBE. President, Institution of Civil Engineers. For services to Civil Engineering. (Surbiton, Surrey)

Robert Vincent. Chief executive, Kirklees Council. For services to Local Government. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Miss Sarah Webb. Chief executive, Chartered Institute of Housing. For services to the Housing Sector. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Mrs Gillian Barbara Westerman. Principal and chief executive, Northern College for Residential Adult Education. For services to Adult Learning. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

John Furness Widdowson. Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education. (Durham)

Dr Robert James Young. Consultant Physician, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine. (Salford, Greater Manchester)