§ Lord Tebbitasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Macdonald of Tradeston on 9 May (WA 202) that "there has been no change in the arrangements governing the occupation of apartments in Downing Street", what those arrangements are; and when they were made. [HL5446]
§ Lord Williams of MostynUnder successive administrations, Prime Ministers and their families have occupied the apartments in Downing Street. Guidance on the use of these apartments is set out in theMinisterial Code. Similar guidance was set out in Questions of Procedure for Ministers issued by the then Prime Minister under the last Conservative administration.