Birthday Honours 2025
Katie Ruth Farrington (Katie Miller) CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
lately Director General for Social Security Disability and Pensions
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2025 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Katie Ruth FARRINGTON (Katie Miller)
lately Director General for Social Security Disability and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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