Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times that Secretaries of State for his Department have used Chevening House for (a) departmental and (b) personal use during their respective times in office since the Department's establishment in 2016; and what the duration was of each of those occasions.

Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.

• The current Secretary of State, Steve Barclay, has not used Chevening House in a professional or personal capacity.

• Former Secretary of State Dominic Raab used Chevening in a professional capacity once, for an afternoon.

• Former Secretary of State David Davis used Chevening in a professional capacity twice, for overnight stays.