Residence and Office
The current Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg maintains an office at the Cabinet Office headquarters, 70 Whitehall, which is linked to 10 Downing Street. The previous Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, maintained his main office at 26 Whitehall.
Given that there is no constitutional office of Deputy Prime Minister, with the position being recreated on a case by case basis, the person who holds the post has no official residence. As a cabinet minister however they may have the use of a grace and favour London residence and country house. The London home of the current Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has not yet been confirmed but he will share Chevening House with Foreign Secretary William Hague. His predecessor, John Prescott, had the use of a flat in Admiralty House and used Dorneywood as his country residence.
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