New Year Honours 2021
Graeme Betts CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Adult Social Care.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN 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:
Professor Graeme BETTS
Director of Adult Social Care, Birmingham City Council
For services to Adult Social Care.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Adult Social Care.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 89 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
5 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Warwickshire.
How widely is this recognised?
4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
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 · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703325. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Rugby, Warwickshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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