To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) for how long the right hon. Member for Ashfield had an official residence in Admiralty House while Minister for Europe; (176353)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Hilary Armstrong) to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 6 November 2006, Official Report, column 860W. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office did not make any payments to the Cabinet Office in respect of the residence of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon) in Admiralty House.