New Year Honours 2012
Richard Jones CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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Organisation: Adult Social Care
“Director, Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council. For services to Adult Social Care.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director, Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council. For services to Adult Social Care.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Director
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- Cheshire
“Director, Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council. For services to Adult Social Care.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Director, Adult Social Care, Lancashire County Council. 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 117 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Adult Social Care.
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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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 1 January 2012.
Location (Cheshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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