HC Deb 25 January 2002 vol 378 cc1178-9W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Prime Minister how many non-citizens of the United Kingdom have been knighted in each year since 1990. [30024]

Mr. Straw

I have been asked to reply.

The numbers of non-UK citizens who have received honorary knighthoods (or who were invested as honorary Dames) are as follows:

Year Number
1990 8
1991 9
1992 23
1993 7
1994 12
1995 18
1996 22
1997 21
1998 18
1999 6
2000 29
2001 13

These figures do not include Knight (or Dame) Commanders of the Victorian Order which is the Queen's personal prerogative.