12 Downing Street is the official residence of the Chief Whip of the governing party of the UK Parliament.

Downing Street looking west. The Foreign and Commonwealth office is on the left, the red house is number 12, the dark houses are number 11 and No.10 (nearer, and partially obscured), and the building on the right is the Barry wing of Cabinet Office, which has its main frontage to Whitehall.

Under the current government, the building is being used to house the Prime Minister's Press Office, Strategic Communications Unit and Information and Research Unit.

Other residences in Downing Street are 10 Downing Street, official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury (a position that has been held by the Prime Minister since the early 20th century), and 11 Downing Street, official residence of the Second Lord of the Treasury who in recent years has also held the title of Chancellor of the Exchequer.

[edit] External links

• 12 Downing Street section at the Survey of London online

Coordinates: 51°30′12.2″N 0°07′41.1″W / 51.503389°N 0.128083°W / 51.503389; -0.128083

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