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: Harris Bokhari OBE
- Chair of Science, Technology and Research Committee: Stephen Kelly
- Chair of Sport Committee: Sir Ron Kalifa OBE
- Chair of State Committee: The Rt Hon Dame Anne Rafferty DBE
- 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
- YolanDa Brown OBE DL - Saxophonist, Broadcaster and Chair of BPI
- Ben Evans CBE - Director of the London Design Festival and Executive Director of London Design Biennale
- Sir Richard Mantle OBE DL - Cultural administrator, Chair of The Grange Festival, Chair of In Peace or War and former General Director of Opera North
- George Saumarez Smith - Director of ADAM Architecture
- Samir Shah CBE - Chair, BBC
- 3 x vacancies
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
- Carly Jones MBE - Autism Advocate
- 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
- Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive of Schroders plc
- 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, HM Chief Inspector of Education
- 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
- Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE - lately National Guardian for the NHS
- The Baroness Harding of Winscombe - Chair of NHS Improvement
- 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
- Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
- The Lord Oates
- 2 x Vacancy
Official members:
- The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP - Government Chief Whip
- The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew - Opposition Chief Whip
Public Service
Harris Bokhari OBE - Trustee, Natural History Museum, Chair, National Citizen Service Trust (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
- Tariq Shah OBE - CEO, Vigo Group
- Sir David Thompson QPM DL - Former Chief Constable, West Midlands Police
- The Rt. Hon. Lord Young of Old Windsor GCB, GCVO - Independent senior corporate adviser; House of Lords Finance Select Committee; former Principal Private Secretary to the Sovereign
- Caroline Underwood OBE - Founder and CEO, Philanthropy Company
Official Members:
- Susan Acland-Hood Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
- Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG 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 Sec