Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential public benefit loss of the Learned Societies having to re-locate from New Burlington House.

The department is exploring with the Learned Societies whether there is a solution that can deliver value for taxpayers and enable the Learned Societies to remain in their historic home at New Burlington House.

In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.

Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk.