Question follow-through · 43478

Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Admiralty House is used for; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using that building for civil servants in his Department.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Admiralty House is used for; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using that building for civil servants in his Department.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Admiralty House is a Grade I listed building, and is not an office workspace in the traditional sense. The building contains state rooms, which are used for events, and three flats, which can be allocated at the request of the Prime Minister.This is the s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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