Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 71251

Street Trading: Westminster Bridge

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 2 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether ice cream vans parked on red lines on Westminster Bridge are monitored by the Government Secure Zone control room.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Government can confirm that vehicles are monitored within the Government Secure Zone. However, the Government does not comment in detail on security arrangements within the Government Secure Zone.