New Year Honours 2017
Hardip Begol CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Independent Education
“For services to Education.”
Recognised for
Topics
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 2016
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:
Hardip Singh BEGOL
Director, Independent Education, Safeguarding in Schools and Counter Extremism, Department for Education.
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Director, Independent Education
- Region
- London
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Independent Education.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673594. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
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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