New Year Honours 2026
Sophie Dean CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General
“Director General, Department for Work and Pensions. For Public Service”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Department for Work and Pensions. For Public Service
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased 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:
Sophie DEAN
Director General, Department for Work and Pensions
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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