Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) Union Jack, (b) St George, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) Flag of Wales flags his Department owns.
The Department’s London headquarters is a shared building, which MHCLG jointly occupies with the Home Office and DEFRA. The Home Office manage the property and are responsible for the flying of flags on the property.
The table below sets out the number of number of occasions each flag has been flown in the appropriate years;
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| (b) St George’s | (c) Saltire | (d) flag of Wales | |||
2015 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2016 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2017 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2018 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day FIFA world cup | 2 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2019 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day Women’s FIFA world cup Rugby WC semi-final Rugby WC final | 4 | St Andrew’s day Women’s FIFA world cup | 2 | St David’s day Rugby WC semi-final | 2 |
2020 | Every day 24/7 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |