Written Question·Home Office·UIN 26886
Crime Prevention: Whitehall
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 6 February 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517 on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what role the Government has (a) in policing and (b) tackling crime within Whitehall’s Government Secure Zone;
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonDepartmental responsibility for tackling crime, whether on Westminster Bridge, or in the Hon Member’s own constituency of West Suffolk is a matter for the relevant local police force.