Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether surge staff working in No10 North assigned to her department receive (a) subsistence allowance, (b) travel costs and (c) hotel costs.

As has been the case under successive administrations, employees who are temporarily placed in a location other than their designated offices abide by their existing home department’s travel and expenses policy. This applies to employees volunteering to work in No. 10 North.