New Year Honours list 2022 in full: Chris Whitty, Daniel Craig, Tom Daley and Joanna Lumley honoured; England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty has been given a knighthood as the battle against Covid continues while a number of sporting heroes and actors also make the list.
Byline: By, Sonia Sharma
Scientists who have helped in the fight against COVID are among those recognised in the New Year Honours list this year.
England's chief medical officer CMO, Professor Chris Whitty, deputy CMO, Jonathan Van-Tam, and Wales' and Scotland's CMOs, Frank Atherton and Dr Gregor Smith, have been given knighthoods.
There are also damehoods for UK Health Security Agency chief Dr Jenny Harries, and Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA, after a year in which the threat of new COVID variants arose and more than 130 million vaccinations were administered.
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The Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, who was originally knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours list, is elevated to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
The Cabinet Office said nearly one in five of the honours are for COVID-related service.
Meanwhile, a string of celebrities and sport stars have also been honoured.
Team GB's Olympians and Paralympians who took gold in Tokyo are among those named, including cyclists Jason and Laura Kenny, who are thought to be the first married couple to be recognised on the same honours list.
And teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu, 19, has added another title after winning the US Open in September, as she can now say she is a Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE.
Olympic diver Tom Daley, who won gold in the 10m synchro, will be made an OBE, while his partner, Matty Lee, will be made an MBE.
Strictly Come Dancing star Adam Peaty will be made an OBE and there is an MBE for Tom Dean after both swimmers won Olympic gold.
Seven-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft, who has been made an OBE after winning two golds in wheelchair racing, urged more disabled children to take up sports in school.
In entertainment, actor Daniel Craig has been given a special diplomatic honour after his final outing as James Bond in No Time To Die.
The departing 007 is made a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George -which is styled CMG and was also conferred on the fictional spy in the film series and Ian Fleming's books.
Actresses Joanna Lumley and Vanessa Redgrave are to be made dames, while James Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli will be made a CBE.
Diversity member Ashley Banjo and former Spice Girl Mel B are both to be made an MBE.
The New Year Honours list 2022 in full
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour CH
Lord Frank Field Of Birkenhead DL. For Public and Political Service. London, Greater London
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse. For services to Science and Medicine in the UK and Abroad. Oxford, Oxfordshire
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance. Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science. For services to Science in Government. London, Greater London
Professor Christopher John MacRae Whitty CB. Chief Medical Officer for England. For services to Public Health. London, Greater London
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE
Dr Vivienne Cox CBE. Independent Non-Executive Director and Workforce Engagement Director, GSK and Chair, Rosalind Franklin Institute. For services to Sustainability, and to Diversity and Inclusion in Business. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Dr Jennifer Margaret Harries OBE. Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency. For services to Health. Monmouth, Monmouthshire
Sylvia Lloyd Heal. For Political and Public Service. Egham, Surrey
Laura Rebecca Kenny CBE. For services to Cycling. Marton, Cheshire
Sara Khan. Lately Lead Commissioner, Commission for Countering Extremism. For services to Human Rights and Counter Extremism. Watford, Hertfordshire
Emily Lawson. Lately Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS, particularly during COVID-19. Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Diane Elizabeth Lees CBE. Director General, Imperial War Museum. For services to Museums and Cultural Heritage. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Joanna Lumley OBE. For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to Charitable Causes. London, Greater London
Professor Julie Elspeth Lydon OBE. Lately Vice-Chancellor, University of South Wales. For services to Higher Education. Stroud, Gloucestershire
Dr June Munro Raine CBE. Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. For services to Healthcare and the COVID-19 Response. Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Vanessa Redgrave CBE. Actress. For services to Drama. London, Greater London
Professor Sarah Marcella Springman CBE. Rector and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich. For services to Engineering and to International Sports Administration. Egham, Surrey
Professor Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard. Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Chair, National Academy of Social Prescribing. For services to General Practice. Tamworth, Staffordshire
Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
The Right Honourable Professor Ajay Kumar Lord Kakkar. For services to Healthcare and Public Service. London, Greater London
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy. For Political and Public Services. Rutherglen, Lanarkshire
KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Dr Francis Atherton. Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government. For services to Public Health. Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
The Rt. Hon. John Dominic Battle. For Political and Public Service. Leeds, West Yorkshire
John Boorman CBE. Film Director. For services to Film. Abroad
Jan Petrus du Plessis. Executive Chairman, BT Group. For services to Telecommunications and Business. Penn, Buckinghamshire
Professor Anthony Finkelstein CBE. Lately Chief Scientific Adviser, National Security. For Public Service. London, Greater London
The Rt. Hon. Robert Goodwill MP. Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby. For Political and Public service. York, North Yorkshire
Professor Robin William Grimes FRS FREng. Lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence Nuclear. For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships. London, Greater London
David Winton Harding. For services to Philanthropy. London, Greater London
Professor John Anthony Hardy FRS. Chair of the Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease, University College London. For services to Human Health in Improving Understanding of Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases. London, Greater London
Jason Francis Kenny CBE. For services to Cycling. Marton, Cheshire
Ian Livingstone CBE. For services to the Online Gaming Industry. London, Greater London
Peter Edward Murray CBE. Founding and Executive Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. For services to the Arts. Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Professor Jonathan Stafford Nguyen-Van-Tam MBE. Deputy Chief Medical Officer. For services to Public Health. Lincolnshire
Dr Douglas Edwin Oakervee FrEng CBE. Chair, Independent Review of HS2. For services to Transport and Infrastructure Delivery. Newmarket, Suffolk
Horace Shango Ové CBE. Film Maker and Photographer. For services to Media. London, Greater London
Mark Trevor Phillips OBE. For services to Equality and Human Rights. London, Greater London
Professor Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi. Professor of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Foundation Trust. For services to Paediatric Cardiology and Charity. London, Greater London
The Rt. Hon. Peter John Robert Riddell CBE. Lately Commissioner for Public Appointments. For Public Service. London, Greater London
William Anthony Bowater Russell. Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to Financial Innovation, Culture, and Wellbeing in the City of London particularly during COVID-19. Thriplow, Cambridgeshire
Professor Gregor Ian Smith. Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government. For services to Public Health. Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Alistair Spalding CBE. Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sadler's Wells Theatre. For services to Dance. London, Greater London
William David Wiggin Bill Wiggin MP. Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire. For Political and Public service. Upton Bishop, Herefordshire
Dr Nigel David Wilson. Chief Executive, Legal and General. For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development. London, Greater London
ORDER OF THE BATH
Companions of the Order of the Bath CB
Ruth Bailey. Lately Director of Human Resources, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Human Resources. London, Greater London
Gareth Neil Davies. Director General, Aviation, Maritime, International and Security Group, Department for Transport. For Public Service. London, Greater London
Elizabeth Jean Ditchburn. Director General, Economy, Scottish Government. For services to the Scottish Economy. Stonehouse, Lanarkshire
Catherine Megan Frances. Director General, Local Government and Public Services, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Local Government. London, Greater London
Brian Mark Hutton. Lately Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons. For services to Parliament. Lewes, East Sussex
John-Paul Marks. Director General, Work and Health, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Welfare Reform. London, Greater London
Madelaine McTernan. Director General, Vaccine Taskforce. For services to the COVID-19 Response. London, Greater London
Richard James Pengelly. Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Service and Permanent Secretary, Department of Health Northern Ireland. For services to Health and to the Government. Belfast, City of Belfast
Joanna Susan Rowland. Director General, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to the Economy during COVID-19. Fareham, Hampshire
Elizabeth Jane Russell. Director General, Tax and Welfare, HM Treasury. For services to the Economy during COVID-19. Northallerton, North Yorkshire
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
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