New Year Honours 2022
John Selwyn Ward OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Deputy Director
“Lately Deputy Director, Department for Work and Pensions Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department. For Public Service”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Deputy Director, Department for Work and Pensions Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department. For Public Service
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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
01 January 2022
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
John Selwyn WARD
lately Deputy Director, Department for Work and Pensions Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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