Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the additional cost of including Police and Crime Commissioners in the elections of (1) 2016, (2) 2021 and (3) 2024.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The cost of the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections was £49.6m. A detailed report on the cost of that election can be found at (attached) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-costs-of-the-2016-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections.
The cost of the 2021 Police and Crime Commissioner election was £49.3m and a detailed report will be published shortly.
The final cost of the 2024 PCC election will not be known until all the Returning Officer claims have been scrutinised and settled. However, the estimated cost is approximately £87m as set out in the (attached) The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024.
These figures represent the total cost of running the PCC elections. Where PCC elections were combined with other polls, some costs – such as for polling stations – were shared across all polls. This reduced the overall cost for each election compared to running them separately. The cost of PCC elections is met from the Consolidated Fund.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 20 February (HL13503), what the total cost of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is expected to be.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The estimated cost of building the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is £102 million (including VAT).
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 20 February (HL13503), how much has been raised to date through the society-wide fundraising effort to deliver the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and its wider educational objectives.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
A newly established independent charity, headed up by Foundation member Gerald Ronson CBE, will lead the effort to secure pledges towards the fundraising campaign.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 20 February (HL13503), whether the present Prime Minister has publicly endorsed the commitment of £50 million given by her predecessor in January 2015 to kick-start a society-wide fundraising effort to deliver the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and its wider educational objectives; and if so, when.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The Prime Minister has repeatedly stated her support for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre to which the Government has committed £50 million. The most recent occasion was at Prime Minister’s Questions on 5 December.