Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 15 and 31 July 2019 to Questions 274442 and 280922 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, on what date in November 2015 the property sub-committee of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation was asked to undertake a search of Government sites.
Answered by Jake Berry
The search for possible sites began in July 2015.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July to Question 280921 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, which individuals were members of the property sub-committee of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation from November 2015 to January 2016.
Answered by Jake Berry
UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation members Mr Peter Freeman and Mr Gerald Ronson CBE were members of the property sub-committee.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July to Question 280914 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, if he will publish the operating models the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation is considering to cover the running costs of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Foundation has yet to complete its consideration of options.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2019 to Question 280920 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, for what reason that Answer did not provide the information requested on communications with Royal Parks.
Answered by Jake Berry
Question UIN 280920 tabled by the Rt Hon Member for Gainsborough on 23 July 2019 was capable of inadvertently misrepresenting the government’s January 2016 statement. The answer sought to remove any ambiguity.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the terms of reference were for the CBRE’s search for potential sites for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Jake Berry
To carry out an extensive search for potential sites for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in line with the criteria set by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July to Question 280917 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, for what reason sites identified by means other than the CBRE were not brought to the CBRE’s attention to enable it to compare all potential sites.
Answered by Jake Berry
I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer to Question UIN 270267 of 27 June 2019, and remind the Rt Hon Gentleman that CBRE was only one element in the search for potential sites.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 270267 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, for what reason paragraphs 4.20 to 4.23 of the Planning Statement submitted by his Department to Westminster Council do not refer to the elements in the property search other than that by the CBRE.
Answered by Jake Berry
The approach prior to appointment of CBRE is described in paragraphs 4.1.1-4.1.4 of the environmental statement.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy not to introduce security checks for visitors to Victoria Tower Gardens other than people visiting the Memorial and Learning Centre after that centre has opened.
Answered by Jake Berry
In common with other public places in Westminster there will be no security checks for visitors to Victoria Tower Gardens.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July to Question 280917 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, how many sites in addition to the 24 identified by the CBRE were considered by the board of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation for the first time on 13 January 2016.
Answered by Jake Berry
At its meeting on 13 January 2016 the Foundation reviewed the progress of the site search and concluded that there could be no better site than Victoria Tower Gardens to place the Holocaust Memorial.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the names the external agencies providing services for the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre for a) PR and engagement, b) public affairs and c) planning services; and how much is being paid from the public purse to each agency.
Answered by Jake Berry
The organisations and amounts paid are set out below:
Organisation | Service | Spend to date from public purse including VAT |
Big Ideas Community Interest Company | Community engagement | £69,296 |
Dp9 | Planning services | £0 |
Four Communications | Communications | £70,748 |
Newgate Communications | Communications | £0 |