Lecterns used by the Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street
Dear Prime Minister's Office,
I am writing to request information about the lecterns used by the Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street when addressing the media.
It appears that each of the last four Prime Ministers has used a different design of lectern, as documented in this Tweet: https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1...
Could you please let me know answers to the following:
1) Who chooses the lectern?
2) Is the lectern chosen from a selection already present at Number 10?
3) If the lectern is not chosen from a pre-existing selection, where are the lecterns obtained from?
4) If there is a pre-existing selection of lecterns, how many are in storage?
5) What happens to the lecterns when the Prime Minister leaves office?
6) What is the budget for each new lectern?
Yours faithfully,
Jonty Wareing
Our ref: FOI2022/15165
Dear Jonty Wareing,
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 20th
October. Your request is being handled under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 ('the Act').
The Act requires that a response must be given promptly, and in any event
within 20 working days. We will therefore aim to reply at the latest by
17th November.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Cabinet Office
Jonty Wareing left an annotation ()
More information about the lecterns was written about in this Twitter thread, and in the linked article: https://twitter.com/Tony_Diver/status/15...
Dear Jonty Wareing,
Please find attached our response to your recent Freedom of Information
request (reference FOI2022/15165).
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Cabinet Office
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Jack Doyle left an annotation ()
We know from this Parliamentary Question that the current lectern is owned and provided by the Conservative Party.
https://questions-statements.parliament....
https://questions-statements.parliament....