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.
About this written question
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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
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.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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