Accommodation (Hansard, 14 December 1988)

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Lord President of the Council how many hon. or right hon. Members have not been allocated a room.

§ Mr. Wakeham
Five. However, there are sufficient desks for allocation to all right hon. and hon. Members, whether they choose to accept them or not.

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Lord President of the Council how many hon. and right hon. Members(a) have been allocated a single room, (b) share a room with one other hon. or right hon. Member, (c) share a room with two other hon. or right hon. Members and (d) share a room with three or more hon. or right hon. Members.

§ Mr. Wakeham
A total of 283 right hon. and hon. Members occupy single rooms, 230 share a room with one other right hon. or hon. Member, 36 share a room with two other hon. Members and 95 share a room with three or more right hon. or hon. Members.

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Lord President of the Council how many hon. and right hon. Members have rooms allocated to parliamentary assistants or secretaries.

§ Mr. Wakeham
None. Rooms are allocated to right hon. and hon. Members and it is up to them to decide what use is made of their accommodation.

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Lord President of the Council how many parliamentary assistants or secretaries have been allocated a room; and how many share a room with(a) one other person, (b) two other persons and (c) more than three persons.

§ Mr. Wakeham
None. However there are 422 right hon. and hon. Members who have been allocated a desk for use by either their private secretary or research assistant. A total of 26 share a room with one other, 66 share a room with two others and 321 share a room with three or more others.