10 Downing Street

(asked on 4th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the legal basis for the Prime Minister's occupation of his residence in Downing Street.


Answered by
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 18th December 2025

The registered legal title of Downing Street is held in the name of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, as has been the case under successive governments. Under all recent governments this accommodation is allocated to the Prime Minister.

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