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1579914

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Heritage Memorial Fund: Stonehenge
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 20 December (HL4099 and HL4100), whether the grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund was for both (1) the buy out of the leasehold interest of the 151 acres of land already owned by the Trust in area, and (2) the purchase of the 21.6 acres of land known as Bow Tie Field; and if so, why the grant for purchase of Bow Tie Field was considered necessary to deliver the positive impact of the grant.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The National Trust negotiated to acquire the leasehold interest of an Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy of 151 hectares over land that the National Trust already owned, and a further 21 hectares of outright acquisition of freehold land known as Bow Tie Field. The National Heritage Memorial Fund grant was awarded to the National Trust to secure both areas of land.</p><p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund recognised the positive impact of supporting the acquisition of this significant area of land containing internationally and nationally important ancient monuments which were at risk. The benefits of the National Trust taking ownership and management of this land, safeguarding nationally important monuments, was considered to justify the grant award.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/02/2023 16:21:25 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1579915

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Stonehenge: A303
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 20 December (HL4099 and HL4100), what assessment they have made of the proposed A303 road widening scheme on the archaeological sites in the area, particularly the remains of an early Neolithic settlement within the land known as Bow Tie Field; and whether the proposed road tunnels as part of that scheme would have an adverse impact on the integrity of The Avenue.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>National Highways conducted a comprehensive Heritage Impact Assessment in line with relevant guidance at the time that the Development Consent Order application was made, and this was considered to represent a thorough process by the delegates of the most recent UNESCO Advisory Mission. The Heritage Impact Assessment made an assessment of the proposed A303 scheme on all the known archaeological sites in Bow Tie field, whether they were designated (i.e. scheduled monuments including Stonehenge, the Avenue, and three barrows adjacent to the Avenue forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Countess Farm: NHLE <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010140" target="_blank">1010140</a>) or non-designated, and assessed the effect of the proposals on the Outstanding Universal Value of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site. The answer to the parliamentary question submitted on <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-07/HL4100" target="_blank">20 December 2022</a> contains further information, including about archaeological evaluation carried out to date.</p><p>The Avenue is protected as part of a Scheduled Monument. The A303 scheme has been designed not to have a direct impact on any Scheduled Monuments and to minimise adverse impacts on their setting. National Highways will work with the National Trust to minimise the impact to heritage (such as the archaeology and grassland) at Bow Tie Field which may be affected by future compulsory acquisition as part of implementation of the proposed A303 scheme. The scheme is currently with the Secretary of State for Transport for re-determination. Since this is a live planning application, the Department cannot comment further.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/02/2023 16:39:08 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1549703

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Heritage Memorial Fund: Stonehenge
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 2 November (HL2760 and HL2728), whether the trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund considered the possibility of the land being compulsorily acquired by National Highways as part of the A303 scheme, prior to the award of the grant.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>It was clear at the time of the grant award that, should the Development Consent Order be approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, approximately 4.54 hectares of the total 168 hectare area to be acquired would be the subject of permanent compulsory acquisition by National Highways. The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s grant was in response to a time-limited opportunity to secure multiple archaeological sites across this much larger area of land in the World Heritage Site. This included a substantial portion of Stonehenge Avenue. Without the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s grant the opportunity to safeguard and conserve a significant area of internationally important archaeology would have been lost.</p><p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund Board was aware of the potential for compulsory purchase and took the decision that, since the area to be affected by potential compulsory purchase was a very small proportion of the overall site, this did not outweigh the benefits of safeguarding a much larger area through the time-limited opportunity presented.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 20/12/2022 17:16:39 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1579912

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Heritage Memorial Fund: Stonehenge
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 2 November 2022 (HL2728), what was the basis of the advice to the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) that “61 archaeological sites, including a substantial part of the Stonehenge Avenue, [were] all under extreme risk of loss due to ploughing”, and that "if the purchase did not go ahead Scheduled Monuments on the site would be lost completely within 10 years”.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>As part of the application process for grant funding to the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Trust provided a condition survey which highlighted, among the 61 at-risk archaeological sites, that 15 scheduled monuments and 34 unscheduled monuments across both parcels of land were at imminent risk of loss. These included the Stonehenge Avenue, Conebury Henge, the Conebury Anomaly, Neolithic burials and occupation sites, and numerous Bronze Age round barrows. The report concluded that, unless arable cultivation ceased, it was likely that much, if not all, of what remained of these monuments could have been lost to the plough within a decade.</p><p>In assessing the application, the National Heritage Memorial Fund sought expert advice, which concluded that, if these important sites remained under arable cultivation, they would continue to be at risk and subject to denudation and ultimately loss, as there was no alternative strategy that could be readily agreed to secure the survival of these sites and features.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/02/2023 16:37:53 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1524814

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Heritage Memorial Fund: Stonehenge
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the National Heritage Memorial Fund grant of £800,000 was awarded to the National Trust for ensuring the protection of archaeology at Stonehenge; and when the grant was paid to the National Trust.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The board of the National Heritage Memorial Fund supported the National Trust’s application for a £800,000 grant for the acquisition of 168 hectares of land at Stonehenge, including the land known as Bow Tie Field, at its meeting in February 2020. The grant was paid to the National Trust in two tranches, in September 2020 and March 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 02/11/2022 16:05:13 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1524442

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Heritage Memorial Fund: Stonehenge
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the terms of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) grant of £800,000 to the National Trust for the acquisition of over 170 hectares of land at Stonehenge, including the land known as Bow Tie Field.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has been awarding grants to safeguard the UK’s most important heritage since 1980. As a fund of last resort, NHMF has helped save thousands of the country’s most-loved treasures from being lost forever.</p><p>The grant of £800,000 to the National Trust for the acquisition of land at Stonehenge, including the land known as Bow Tie Field, was a time-limited opportunity to secure 168 hectares of land containing 61 archaeological sites, including a substantial part of the Stonehenge Avenue, all under extreme risk of loss due to ploughing. Expert advice to NHMF reflected that if the purchase did not go ahead Scheduled Monuments on the site would be lost completely within 10 years.</p><p>The acquisition by the National Trust will enable the restoration of chalk grassland, a priority lowland habitat, achieving significant biodiversity and nature conservation benefits. It will also enable permissive open access for the first time to this part of the Stonehenge landscape.</p><p>The £800,000 grant was awarded to the National Trust using the National Heritage Memorial Fund's standard terms of grant as set out on the <a href="https://www.nhmf.org.uk/sites/default/files/NHMF%20Receiving%20A%20Grant.pdf" target="_blank">NHMF's website</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 02/11/2022 16:04:58 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1549704

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Stonehenge: A303
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of using a substantial part of Bow Tie field for road and tunnelling purposes with the (1) protection of archaeology, and (2) grassland restoration, as specified in the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) grant to the National Trust for that purpose.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s grant to the National Trust was awarded to safeguard and protect a significant number of archaeological sites and monuments, and to enable extensive grassland restoration of approximately 168 hectares of land. It was clear at the time of the award that, if the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme were to be consented to by the Secretary of State, approximately 4.54 hectares of land within Bow Tie Field would be subject to compulsory acquisition by National Highways. However, the positive impact of the grant benefits a much larger area of land containing internationally important monuments which were at risk. As a result of the National Trust taking ownership and management of this land all of these monuments have been safeguarded from destruction and, should the A303 scheme proceed, would remain unaffected.</p><p>National Highways will work with the National Trust to minimise impact to heritage (the archaeology and grassland) at Bow Tie Field which may be affected by future compulsory acquisition as part of implementation of the scheme. The scheme is currently with the Secretary of State for Transport for re-determination.</p><p>A comprehensive archaeological assessment has been undertaken on all areas affected by the scheme, including part of Bow Tie Field. An overview of the fieldwork can be found in Section 3 (from page 13) of the Detailed Archaeological Mitigation Strategy and further details of Eastern portal from 3.3.80 (page 28), which can be <a href="https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/TR010025/TR010025-001761-8.11%20(6)%20-%20Final%20Detailed%20Archaeological%20Mitigation%20Strategy%20(DAMS)%20(Tracked%20Changes).pdf" target="_blank">viewed here</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 20/12/2022 17:21:31 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1227707

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote volunteering opportunities in the UK after 31 December for young people from EU countries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL7156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) offers volunteering opportunities to young people aged 18-30 from both the UK and the European Union. The UK will continue to participate fully in the current (2018-2020) ESC programme. This means that projects that successfully bid for funding during the current programme will continue to receive EU funding for the full duration of the project, including those where funding runs beyond 31 December 2020 and the end of the transition period. Young people from the UK and EU countries will continue to be able to participate in these projects.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is considering options for alternatives to EU programmes offering international opportunities to young people. Funding for these opportunities will be subject to the Comprehensive Spending Review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 28/07/2020 15:23:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb