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Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the Chancellor, though it is the Prime Minister who ultimately decides who may use it.

Gordon Brown, on becoming Chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in of parkland, was allocated to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

It reverted to the Chancellor in 2007, then Alistair Darling.