National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

(asked on 4th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 22 November 2017 to Question 111707, what the reasons were for the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation to envisage that the Memorial and Learning Centre would primarily attract people who already visit the area; and what comparative assessment his Department has made of visitors to holocaust memorials in other countries.


Answered by
Marcus Jones Portrait
Marcus Jones
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
This question was answered on 12th December 2017

In seeking a prominent location, it was a key objective of the Holocaust Commission for the Memorial and Learning Centre to benefit from existing high footfall in the surrounding area. This is an important part of its mission to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and to raise awareness and understanding of its lessons for the future. The Government’s expectations on visitors to the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre have been informed by a comparative assessment of visitor numbers to Holocaust memorials around the world.

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