It's the former home of the Conservative Research Department. Chris Patten worked there, for a second spell, from 1968 to 1970, specialising in local government and social policy. There, spookily at the same time, was Patricia Hodgson, three years younger than Chris when she started, at 21. Now Dame Patricia, she will be Chair of Ofcom from April this year, after confirmation by the CMS Select Committee.
She'll be getting £142, 500 a year for a three day week, supplementing her £119k BBC pension, and £10,500 pa from the School Teachers' Review Body. Lord Patten gets just £110k for "three to four days" work a week from the BBC, though he does declare five other paid appointments.
In the wacky world of public service broadcasting, the BBC Trust currently hands £3m of licence fee money every year in fees to Ofcom.
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