(1) We could not find any official record in the Department of Public Works of who authorized the allocation of State-owned accommodation to Mr Mac Maharaj.
(2) (a), (b) and (c) See the response to (1) above.
(3) Services rendered at the Bryntirion Estate are centralised and costs are not recovered from individual occupants.
(4) (a) and (b) State-owned accommodation at the Bryntirion Estate is not exclusively reserved for Ministers and Deputy Ministers. The Estate has different types of accommodation including houses and flats. Government officials are accommodated at the Estate as well.
Following the introduction of the Turnaround Strategy in 2012 the Department has embarked on a process of further refining the Prestige policy, which includes the allocation and occupation State-owned accommodation.
(5) (a) and (b) See response to (1) above.
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