24 Sussex Drive near Parliament Hill, although the prime minister does conduct some work in 24 Sussex and informal meetings between the prime minister and other government or foreign officials may take place in the residence (foreign heads of state on state visits are officially hosted by the monarch or Governor General of Canada at Rideau Hall). One consequence of the building's lack of official bureaucratic functions is that "24 Sussex Drive" has never been widely used as a metonym for the Office of the Prime Minister. Despite the building not having any bureaucratic function, it has been the location of protests, such
Prime Ministerial Car sound system. The vehicle used to be classed as B7 level but under the new system is classed as VPAM9 and is understood to be capable of withstanding the blast of 15 kg equivalent TNT, and sustained attack by a variety of other armour piercing weapons. The car has a 5.0 litre supercharged petrol engine producing 503 bhp, with a top speed of , and is capable of reaching from stationary in 9.4 seconds, slower than the original due to the substantially greater weight of the vehicle. Prime Ministerial Car The Prime Ministerial Car refers to a number of British