Cabinet Office
Honours committees are made up of senior civil servants (official members) and people who are independent of government (independent members). All honours committees have a majority of members who are independent.
Each honours committee has an independent chairperson. A representative from 10 Downing Street is invited to attend all committee meetings.
Honours committees review honours nominations for people involved in specific activities (like arts and media or sport) which are then sent to the Main Honours Committee.
Main committee
Members:
- Sir Chris Wormald KCB
- The Cabinet Secretary
- Chair of Arts and Media Committee: John Booth
- Chair of Community and Voluntary Services Committee: The Rt Hon Nick Hurd
- Chair of Economy Committee: Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia DBE CVO FRSE
- Chair of Education Committee: Sir Hamid Patel CBE
- Chair of Health and Social Care Committee: Dame Jane Dacre DBE
- Chair of Parliamentary and Political Service Committee: The Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury CBE
- Chair of Public Service Committee: Vacancy
- Chair of Science, Technology and Research Committee: Stephen Kelly
- Chair of Sport Committee: The Rt Hon Sir Hugh Robertson KCMG DL
- Chair of State Committee: Mark Addison CB
- The Permanent Under Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- The Chief of the Defence Staff
Arts and Media
John Booth - Chair, National Gallery and Princes Trust (Independent Chair)
Independent members:
- Sir Peter Bazalgette - Chair, ITV
- Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE - Managing Director, Barbican Centre
- Kanya King CBE - CEO, MOBO Organisation Ltd
- Caroline Michel - Chair, Hay Literary Festival
- Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE - Freelance Arts Professional
- Samir Shah CBE - CEO, Juniper
- 1 x vacancy
Official members:
- Susannah Storey CB - Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- John-Paul Marks CB - Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
Community and Voluntary Service
Chair: The Rt Hon Nick Hurd (Independent Chair)
Independent members:
- Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski - Emeritus Rabbi, Golders Green Synagogue; Chief Strategist and Rabbinic Head, University Jewish Chaplaincy
- Harris Bokhari OBE - Trustee, Natural History Museum
- Carly Jones MBE - Autism Advocate
- Ros Kerslake CBE - Chief Executive, National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund
- Adeeba Malik CBE - Deputy Chief Executive, QED UK
- 2 x Vacancies
Official members:
- Susannah Storey CB - Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Sarah Healey CB Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Dr Andrew Goodall CBE - Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government
The Economy
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia DBE CVO FRSE (Independent Chair)
Independent members:
- Sir Douglas Flint CBE Chairman, Standard Life Aberdeen
- Dame Vivian Hunt DBE - Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Dr Gerard Lyons - Chief Economic Strategist, Netwealth
- 2 x Vacancies
Official members:
- Gareth Davies CB - Permanent Secretary, Department for Business and Trade
- Jeremy Pocklington CB - Permanent Secretary, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- John-Paul Marks CB - Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
- James Bowler CB - Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
Education
Sir Hamid Patel CBE - Chief Executive, Star Academies (independent chair)
Independent members:
- Dame Sally Coates DBE - Director of Secondary Education, United Learning
- Dame Sally Dicketts DBE - President, Association of Colleges
- Sir Martyn Oliver - Chief Executive Officer, Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Dame Alison Peacock DBE DL - Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching
- 2 x vacancies
Official members:
- Jayne Brady MBE - Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service
- Susan Acland-Hood Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
Health and Social Care
Professor Dame Jane Dacre DBE - Professor of Medical Education, University College London and President, Medical Protection Society (independent chair)
Independent members:
- Sir David Behan CBE Chair, Health Education England
- Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz Chair, Cancer Research UK and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
- Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE - lately National Guardian for the NHS
- The Baroness Harding of Winscombe - Chair of NHS Improvement
- Professor Karen Middleton CBE - Chief Executive, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Professor Iqbal Singh CBE - Chair, Centre of Excellence and Safety for Older People
- 1 x Vacancy
Official members:
- Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB - Chief Medical Officer (England)
- Shona Dunn Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care
- Judith Paget CBE - Director General, Department for Health, Social Services and Children, Welsh Government
Parliamentary and Political Service
The Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury CBE - Member, House of Lords (Independent chair)
Independent members:
- Dr Sue Griffiths - Managing Director, Social Development Direct
- The Rt Hon The Lord Haselhurst
- Dame Denise Platt DBE lately Member, General Medical Council and Solicitors Regulation Authority
- 2 x Vacancy
Official members:
- The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP - Government Chief Whip
- The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP - Opposition Chief Whip
Public Service
1 x vacancy (Independent Chair)
Independent members:
- Emir Feisal JP, Trustee, the Henry Smith Charity
- Alistair Finlay OBE, Faculty Director of Operations, Queens University Belfast
- Maggy Pigott CBE - Lately Joint CEO, Judicial Studies Board
- Riaz Ravat BEM DL - Deputy Director, St Philips Centre
- The Venerable Canon David Stanton - Archdeacon and Canon of Westminster Abbey
Official Members:
- Susan Acland-Hood Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
- Matthew Rycroft CBE Permanent Secretary, Home Office
- Sarah Healey CB Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Antonia Romeo - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
- Dr Andrew Goodall CBE Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government
Science, Technology and Research
Stephen Kelly - Chair, Tech Nation (independent chair)
Independent members:
- Professor Sir Keith Burnett, CBE,