Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216183 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings, for what reasons his Department owns four properties with an asset value of over £5 million in Paris.

​The four properties in Paris with an asset value over £5 million are the Embassy building (purchased in 1947), the Ambassador’s Residence and its Gatehouse, and the Consulate site in Rue d’Anjou (all three purchased in 1814). These buildings provide a dedicated base from which diplomats can promote British interests.