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Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2005. It was answered by Tony Blair (Labour) on Monday, 28 November 2005 on behalf of the Prime Minister.


Peerage

Question
To ask the Prime Minister how many persons elevated to the peerage in each year since 1997 were resident at the time of their elevation in (a) each region of England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
Answer

I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr. Paterson) on 24 March 2005, Official Report, column 939W and 14 September 2004, Official Report, column 1565W.Since 25 March 2005, 38 people have been elevated to the peerage. Their place of residence at the time of their elevation is shown in the following table. Information for judicial peers is not held in the format requested.

Residence at time of elevation Number
England
North East 2
Yorkshire/Humberside 1
East of England 5
West Midlands 1
South East 4
South West 4
London 13
Scotland 6
Wales 1
Northern Ireland 0
Judicial (no home address) 1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32503; 440 c23-4W;440 c23-4W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Location Peers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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