asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the Official Report a detailed list giving the number of houses and flats in the use of stated Ministers, where these are situated, their actual or estimated annual worth, and whether in each instance the costs of heat, light, furniture, rates, cleaning &c, are met from public funds, and at what costs; and whether, in support of the Government's policy of cuts in public expenditure, he will cease these expenditures forthwith or charge the recipients according to their estimated worth.
Four Government residences are currently occupied by Ministers and the approximate annual costs of rates, heat, light and furniture, based on the latest figures available, are as follows: —
10 Downing Street | £5,200 |
11 Downing Street | £7,800 |
Admiralty House (two flats) | £4,175 |