Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Twycross on 6 January (HL3604) and the Minister of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on 4 December 2024 (16604), what is the public interest justification for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport releasing details of the Government Art Collection works in 11 Downing Street to a question in the other House, but not those in 10 and 12 Downing Street in answer to a pursuant question in this House.

The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time in response to new display steers and requests.

Numbers 10 and 12 Downing Street are administered separately from Number 11 Downing Street. The former are administered by the Cabinet Office, while the latter is administered by His Majesty’s Treasury.