New Year Honours 2018
Alan Thorpe Richard WOOD
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
lately Corporate Director
Organisations: London Borough of Hackney, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services
“Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to ChildrenÕs Social Care and Education.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director of Children's Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Education and to Local Government.
View London Gazette noticeKnight Bachelor
Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to ChildrenÕs Social Care and Education.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Alan Thorpe Richard WOOD C.B.E.
lately Corporate Director, Children and Young People’s Services, London Borough of Hackney
For services to Children’s Social Care and Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- lately Corporate Director
- Region
- London
“Director of Children's Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Education and to Local Government.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- lately Corporate Director
- Region
- London
“Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to ChildrenÕs Social Care and Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
lately Corporate Director, London Borough of Hackney and Children and Young PeopleÕs Services.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2011.
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937669. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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