Found: We were commissioned by Yvette Cooper, the then Home Secretary.

Found: negotiating position due to the urgent need for accommodation.39 The then Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper

Found: Cabinet sub-committee HEA Ministers: John Healey, Pat McFadden, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper

Found: Lula organised in New York three or four weeks ago, the UK was represented by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government who the current and previous occupants of grace-and-favour accommodation under the present government have been, including the dates they moved in and out.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Since 5 July 2024, official residences have been allocated as follows:

• Chequers - the Prime Minister (ongoing).

• 11 Downing Street - the Prime Minister (ongoing).

• 10 Downing Street - the Chancellor of the Exchequer (ongoing).

• Dorneywood - the Chancellor of the Exchequer (ongoing).

• Chevening - the former Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon David Lammy MP was allocated Chevening following the General Election. Following the appointment of a new Foreign Secretary in September 2025, the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP has been allocated Chevening.

• 1 Carlton Gardens - the former Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon David Lammy MP was allocated 1 Carlton Gardens following the General Election and this remains allocated to him as Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor.

• Hillsborough Castle - available for ministers in the Northern Ireland Office while on duty in Northern Ireland (ongoing).

• Admiralty House, Flat 2. This was allocated to the Defence Secretary on a short-term basis between 9 September 2024 and 4 November 2024. Following this, it was allocated to the former Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP.

The former Deputy Prime Minister’s move in process commenced on 12 December 2024 and the flat is now vacant following the resignation of the former occupant.

Found: For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Yvette Cooper For the Portuguese Republic

Found: In June 2025, the then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said that “the proportion of decisions being taken

Found: Affairs of Sweden Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, State Secretary for Development Policy of Denmark Yvette Cooper

Found: Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper said:   Essential UK aid, including food and shelter supplies, is ready

Found: Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said:  In Sudan right now, there is just despair… And just as the combination

Found: Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “More information is now coming through on the scale of devastation

Found: Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper said: “The strong links between the UK and Jamaica mean many British

Found: Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said:  The UK is acting swiftly to support the Jamaican authorities

Found: The Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has spoken with her Jamaican counterpart, Kamina Johnson Smith,

Found: Given or Received Who gift was given to or received from Value (£) Outcome (Received gifts only) Yvette Cooper

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Found: offered hospitality Type of Hospitality Received Accompanied by Guest Value of Hospitality (£) Yvette Cooper

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Found: Hospitality (£) Shabana Mahmood 2025-09-15 Holocaust Educational Trust Reception No Value Unknown Yvette Cooper

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Found: gifts only) Shabana Mahmood Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Yvette Cooper

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Found: For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Yvette Cooper For the Portuguese Republic

Found: Portuguese Republic: Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Yvette Cooper