To ask the Prime Minister whether the criteria upon which Lord Malloch-Brown was assigned a Ministerial residence include (a) security considerations, (b) to enable better performance of official duties and (c) to enable proper performance of official duties. (193191)

I refer the hon. Member to the press briefing given by my spokesman on 6 August 2007. A transcript of this is available on the No. 10 website

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12832.asp

and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.