New Year Honours 2025
Andrew Keen-downs CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Prisoners and their Families.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Prisoners and their Families.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Andrew KEEN-DOWNS
Chief Executive, Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT)
For services to Prisoners and their Families.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
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447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782740. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (London, Greater 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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