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10 Downing Street: Cats

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 6053

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the cats resident in the Prime Minister’s Downing Street apartment are transported to/from Chequers for times when he is resident there.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

This information is not held centrally. I’d remind the Rt. Hon Member for Basildon and Billericay that previous residents of Downing Street have frequently, and publicly, taken pets between residences.

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