Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Monday, 6 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 January 2003. It was answered by Tony Blair (Labour) on Monday, 13 January 2003 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Prime Minister, how many persons elevated to the peerage since 20th July 2001 were resident at the time of their elevation in each region of (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister how many persons elevated to the peerage since 20th July 2001 were resident at the time of their elevation in each region of (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. [89563] The Prime Minister: Since 20 July 2001, there have been seven people elevated to the peerage. The following table shows where they were resident at the time of their elevation. It is, of course, possible that some peers may have had more than one residence of which we would be unaware. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number London 2 South East England 1 South West England 1 Northern Ireland 1 Wales 1 Judicial 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. We do not keep records of the home addresses of judicial peers as all correspondence is addressed to their office.

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