Philip Davies
Conservative, Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) Union Jack, (b) St George, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) Flag of Wales flags his Department owns.
Philip Davies
Conservative, Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times the (a) Union Jack, (b) St George's flag, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) flag of Wales has been flown from the headquarters of his Department in London in each year since 2015.
Luke Hall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Department’s London headquarters is a shared building, which MHCLG jointly occupies with the Home Office and DEFRA. The Home Office manage the property and are responsible for the flying of flags on the property.
The table below sets out the number of number of occasions each flag has been flown in the appropriate years;
| (b) St George’s | (c) Saltire | (d) flag of Wales | ||||
2015 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2016 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2017 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day | 1 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2018 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day FIFA world cup | 2 | St Andrew’s day | 1 | St David’s day | 1 |
2019 | Every day 24/7 | St George’s day Women’s FIFA world cup Rugby WC semi-final Rugby WC final | 4 | St Andrew’s day Women’s FIFA world cup | 2 | St David’s day Rugby WC semi-final | 2 |
2020 | Every day 24/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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