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1029573

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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, what material changes have been made to the 2015 National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre planning brief since its publication.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	204356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The objective remains to build a striking new national memorial co-located with a world class learning centre.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:03:22 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029574

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Royal Parks and World Heritage Sites: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which criteria (a) local authorities, (b) the Royal Parks and (c) his Department uses to assess applications to construct substantial buildings in (i) Royal Parks and (ii) world heritage sites.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	204357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Applications for development in Royal Parks and World Heritage Sites must be decided on the basis of relevant development plan policies and take into account any other material considerations, including national planning policy. The latter identifies World Heritage Sites as heritage assets of the highest significance and sets out general considerations relating to open space. More specific policies are contained in the local development plan.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:02:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029575

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 publish the business case for the (a) construction and (b) continuing costs of the National Holocaust Memorial and Leaning Centre.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	204358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The business case contains information which is commercially sensitive and not currently suitable for publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:03:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019564

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the article entitled, Why a new memorial to the Holocaust is essential, published in the Evening Standard on 3 September 2018, whether the images used in that article were created by a government agency; and for what reason the Buxton memorial was not included.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The image used in the article ‘Why a new memorial to the Holocaust is essential’, published in the Evening Standard on 3 September 2018 and still available online here: <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/why-a-new-memorial-to-the-holocaust-is-essential-a3926426.html" target="_blank">https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/why-a-new-memorial-to-the-holocaust-is-essential-a3926426.html</a>. It was created during the design competition for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre by the winning design team, Adjaye Associates, Ron Arad Architects and Gustafson Porter + Bowman. The image shows one view of their initial design concept and clearly includes the Buxton memorial.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 17:19:24 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019565

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the news story entitled, Public consultation marks the next stage in development of UK Holocaust memorial and learning centre, published on gov.uk on 4 September 2018, what information the Government holds on which other cities considered the Adjaye Associates design for the proposed National Holocaust memorial and learning centre.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The design submitted by Adjaye Associates, Ron Arad Architects and Gustafson, Porter + Bowman was prepared specifically in response to the competition for a Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 17:04:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019566

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the document entitled, National memorial and learning centre search for a central London site, published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation in September 2015, how the proposal for a site at (a) Victoria Tower Gardens, (b) the Imperial War Museum and (c) Harmsworth Park met the criteria to (i) draw in and to inspire the largest possible number of visitors, (ii) provide 5-10,000 square metres of built space, (iii) allocate maximum funds to educational purposes, (iv) provide cost effectiveness, (v) allow buses, coaches, pedestrians and cyclists to be able to reach the site safely with full disability access, (vi) allow for a physical campus to engage and inspire a vast number of visitors, (vii) provide facilities for lectures and seminars and to run educational courses and workshops, (viii) allow for the provision of space for Holocaust organisations to locate their offices so as to fulfil the stated responsibility to bring together a network of the UK's existing Holocaust education in the UK, (ix) provide rooms for at least 500 people and (x) provide infrastructure to fulfil all security considerations.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The document, <em>National Memorial and Learning Centre: Search for a Central London Site</em>, was published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as part of extensive efforts to identify a suitable location for the Memorial and Learning Centre, which also included a thorough search of Central London by property experts CBRE. A map included in the published document indicates the area of Central London which was the focus of the site search. More than 50 locations were considered; detailed information supporting the assessment of each site is commercially confidential.</p><p>The Foundation identified Victoria Tower Gardens as the most fitting site in terms of its historical, emotional and political significance and its ability to offer the greatest potential impact and visibility for the project.</p><p>The Government accepted the Foundation’s advice and announced in January 2016 that Victoria Tower Gardens was the chosen location. An international design competition was launched in September 2016, seeking proposals for a Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 198152 198153 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:47:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019567

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the document entitled, National memorial and learning centre search for a central London site, published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation in September 2015, which London parks considered by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation were sufficiently central to meet the visions set out by the Holocaust Commission.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The document, <em>National Memorial and Learning Centre: Search for a Central London Site</em>, was published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as part of extensive efforts to identify a suitable location for the Memorial and Learning Centre, which also included a thorough search of Central London by property experts CBRE. A map included in the published document indicates the area of Central London which was the focus of the site search. More than 50 locations were considered; detailed information supporting the assessment of each site is commercially confidential.</p><p>The Foundation identified Victoria Tower Gardens as the most fitting site in terms of its historical, emotional and political significance and its ability to offer the greatest potential impact and visibility for the project.</p><p>The Government accepted the Foundation’s advice and announced in January 2016 that Victoria Tower Gardens was the chosen location. An international design competition was launched in September 2016, seeking proposals for a Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 198151 198153 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:47:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019568

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the document entitled, National memorial and learning centre search for a central London site, published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation in September 2015, which potential locations for the national memorial and learning centre were noted by the Holocaust Commission; and whether Victoria Tower Gardens was on that list.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The document, <em>National Memorial and Learning Centre: Search for a Central London Site</em>, was published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as part of extensive efforts to identify a suitable location for the Memorial and Learning Centre, which also included a thorough search of Central London by property experts CBRE. A map included in the published document indicates the area of Central London which was the focus of the site search. More than 50 locations were considered; detailed information supporting the assessment of each site is commercially confidential.</p><p>The Foundation identified Victoria Tower Gardens as the most fitting site in terms of its historical, emotional and political significance and its ability to offer the greatest potential impact and visibility for the project.</p><p>The Government accepted the Foundation’s advice and announced in January 2016 that Victoria Tower Gardens was the chosen location. An international design competition was launched in September 2016, seeking proposals for a Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 198151 198152 question first answered 11/12/2018 16:47:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019569

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the news story entitled, Public consultation marks the next stage in development of UK Holocaust memorial and learning centre, published on gov.uk on 4 September 2018, where in Victoria Tower Gardens that centre was proposed to be located; and how the proposed of location of the centre was made clear within the consultation document.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>On 4 September 2018 a public exhibition was opened at Church House in Westminster, setting out proposals for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. The exhibition provided extensive information, including maps, to show the proposed design for the Memorial and Learning Centre and its location within Victoria Tower Gardens.</p><p>Over 3000 invitations to the exhibition were sent to local residents and businesses. The display boards were published on the Government’s website and made available to the national press.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 16:58:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1019570

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, with reference to the news story entitled, Public consultation marks the next stage in development of UK Holocaust memorial and learning centre, published on gov.uk on 4 September 2018, what comparative assessment his department has made of the number of expected visitor numbers at the new centre and the average number of visitors to the Holocaust Galleries.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We expect around 500,000 visitors annually to the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. The design will allow up to 1 million visitors annually to be accommodated. This will not lead to unacceptable queuing in the Gardens.</p><p>Visitors will be encouraged to explore other resources, including the Imperial War Museum London’s new Holocaust Galleries which are due to open in 2021. The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation has welcomed the Imperial War Museum’s support and is firmly committed to working closely with them.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 17:15:08 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley