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Crime Prevention: Whitehall

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 February 2025UIN 26886

The question

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;

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Departmental 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.

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