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822953

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2017 to Question 111729, on what dates Royal Parks expressed its support for locating in Victoria Tower Gardens (a) the Holocaust Memorial and (b) the Learning Centre; and if he will place in the Library copies of the communications from Royal Parks indicating that support.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	122636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Parks first expressed their support for locating the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens at a meeting on 2 December 2015. The Parks’ support for the memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens was repeated in letters dated 15 March 2017, 7 April 2017 and 15 September 2017. Concerns were raised in these letters about the proposed learning centre. These letters have now been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822954

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117268, on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, what conclusions the Government drew on visitor numbers to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre from its comparative assessment of visitor numbers to Holocaust memorials around the world; and if he will place a copy of that comparative assessment in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	122637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessments of the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre are still being developed as part of the early stages of the design process. Full details will be published as part of the planning application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 122639 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822956

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2017 to Question 106183, concerning the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment commissioned from Barker Langham.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	122639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessments of the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre are still being developed as part of the early stages of the design process. Full details will be published as part of the planning application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 122637 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822957

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library, a copy of the letter from Lord Feldman of October 2015 proposing that the Holocaust Memorial be located in Victoria Tower Gardens, and a copy of his Department’s response of November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	122640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the letter of 26 October 2015 from Lord Andrew Feldman to the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the Rt Hon John Whittingdale, proposing that that the Holocaust Memorial be located in Victoria Tower Gardens has been placed in the Library of the House together with the Rt Hon John Whittingdale's reply.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1081888

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of (a) the annual running costs of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and (b) how much of that cost will be covered by visitor entrance fees and other income.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	227957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>We are considering various operating models to cover the running costs which are estimated at up to £6 million per annum, and will put in place a sustainable long-term plan. While the entrance to the learning centre will be ticketed to avoid queues, no decision has yet been taken on charging policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/03/2019 14:56:31 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1081889

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 203298, National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, what is the relevance of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being located on the banks of the Thames.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	227958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Victoria Tower Gardens is already home to memorials commemorating past struggles for justice and democratic causes. There is no better place for the Memorial, which will stand as a fitting reminder of the horrors of the past and encourage reflection on their implications for the British government and society, both at the time and subsequently. The view of Parliament from the Memorial will serve as a permanent reminder that political decisions have far-reaching consequences.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/03/2019 15:00:14 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1081887

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how responsibility for maintaining Victoria Tower Gardens will be divided between Royal Parks and the body responsible for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre once the Memorial and Learning Centre has been built.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	227956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>We are in discussion with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and The Royal Parks about the future maintenance arrangements for Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/03/2019 15:00:50 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1083546

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106036, how many of the sites considered for the UK Holocaust Memorial were first brought to the attention of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation (a) before 7 September 2015, (b) between 7 September and 30 October 2015 inclusive and (c) after 30 October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Prior to publishing the site specification and criteria for the location on 7 September, the sites under consideration were those referred to in <em>Britain’s Promise to Remember</em> . Between 7 September and 30 October 2015, a search was conducted and almost 50 sites were identified none of which were deemed to meet the published criteria. In light of this, the Foundation suggested Victoria Tower Gardens as a potential location. Following investigations into the feasibility of this site, the Foundation recommended Victoria Tower Gardens to the Government in January 2016 as the best choice of site. The then Prime Minister accepted this recommendation and announced Victoria Tower Gardens as the chosen site on Holocaust Memorial Day 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:07:24 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1083547

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2018 to Question 203298, on what date the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation made the decision that (a) Millbank Tower should no longer be considered as a possible site for the Holocaust Learning Centre and (b) the preferred site for the Learning Centre was Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Foundation ruled out Millbank Tower as a feasible location in November 2015. The Foundation subsequently suggested Victoria Tower Gardens as a potential location and following investigations into the feasibility of this site, recommended the site in January 2016 as the best choice of site to the Government.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:07:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1083549

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2018 to Question 203303, for what reasons Royal Parks was not involved in the selection of the design for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Parks were members of the support panel that provided technical assessments of the competition design proposals but declined an invitation to sit on the selection panel.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:08:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh