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 an estimate of the proportion of lawn area in Victoria Tower Gardens which will be taken for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Jake Berry
It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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 criteria used by his Department to determine that up to 75.5 per cent of the cost of construction of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre should be funded directly by the Government.
Answered by Jake Berry
It has not proved possible to respond to the rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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 potential sites not among sites identified by the CBRE were identified by (a) Royal Parks, (b) Holocaust commemorative and educational organisations, (c) property owners and developers, (e) property agents, (f) London Borough authorities, (g) universities (h) museums and (i) cultural centres; and on what dates those potential sites were reported to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.
Answered by Jake Berry
As set out in the answer to Question UIN 229625 on 14 March 2019, almost 50 sites were identified by a wide range stakeholders and considered by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation during the latter part of 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 9 September to Question 286103 on Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, if he will name the organisations outside Government providing (a) public relations or engagement, (b) public affairs and (c) planning services in respect of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and how much is being paid from the public purse to each organisation.
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 |
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.