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 15 July 2019 to Question 274442 on the 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 Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
The search for possible sites was already underway by November 2015 through a range of methods, including through engagement with the Government Property Unit.
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 2019 to Question 270269 on the National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, which operating models the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation is considering to cover the running costs of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
A range of operating models are being considered.
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 2019 to Question 270268 on the National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, which Ministers authorised representatives of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation to engage with Royal Parks on 2 December 2015 about the possible use of Victoria Tower Gardens for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
The then Secretary of States for the Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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, for what reason Royal Parks was not informed in January 2016 that the Government planned to build the Holocaust Learning Centre and the Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens subject to constraints being overcome.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
In January 2016 the then Prime Minister announced that the national memorial to the Holocaust would be built in Victoria Tower Gardens. The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation’s advice has consistently been that the Memorial and Learning Centre should be co-located. Information obtained through the design competition allowed Ministers to conclude that co-location would be feasible and they announced on 24 October 2017 their decision to proceed with an integrated design.
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 21 December 2018 to Question 203300 on the National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, if he will require the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation to publish the minutes of its meetings as a condition of receiving public funds and support.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation is an independent advisory body to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. It does not receive public funds and its minutes are the property of the 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, whether he has plans for devolution in Greater Lincolnshire.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Government agreed a devolution deal for Greater Lincolnshire in March 2016 but it was not subsequently agreed by two of the ten local councils. I met with leaders last year to discuss their ambitions for devolution and invited them to develop further proposals.
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 16 June 2017 and 19 June 2019 to Questions 106178 and 263702 on the National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, who raised the possibility of Victoria Tower Gardens as a location for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in early autumn 2015 on behalf of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation; and for what reason that possibility was not discussed first by that Foundation’s board.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
In November 2015 the property sub-committee of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation was asked to undertake a search of Government sites. The property sub-committee raised Victoria Tower Gardens as a possible site at the Foundation meeting on 13 January 2016.
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 19 June to Question 263698, whether Big Ideas is contractually required to ensure the impartiality of its public engagement work on the proposed use of Victoria Tower Gardens for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The Big Ideas Community Interest Company is contracted via a standard MHCLG grant funding agreement and have always acted in an open and transparent way when it comes to their public engagement work on the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in 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 19 June to Question 263696, what proportion of the engagement meetings organised or participated in by Big Ideas under that organisation's contract for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre have been held (a) in the City of Westminster, (b) in Greater London other than the City of Westminster and (c) outside Greater London.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
Big Ideas Community Interest Company have reached out to a range of community organisations across Westminster, Greater London and nationally. They have held meetings with those groups who expressed an interest in learning more about the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre either through direct engagement or hosting information in their newsletters. A list of direct engagements is below.
Emmanuel Centre - Mother and Toddler Group |
Board of Deputies of British Jews Board Meeting |
Brixton Library - Foyer Space |
Emmanuel Centre - Homework Club |
Emmanuel Evangelical Church - Sunday Service and Community Lunch |
Grey Coat Hospital School - Y11 and Sixth Form Group |
Grey Coat Hospital School - Year 9 Class |
Holocaust Survivors' Centre |
Kinder Lunch - Alyth Gardens Synagogue |
National Holocaust Centre, Nottingham - AJR Members |
Open Age Westminster (Churchill Hub) - Coffee Morning |
Remembering and Rethinking - Kindertransport Conference - Lancaster House |
Thamesbank Centre - ETAT Group (Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking) |
Thamesbank Centre - Mothers and Toddlers Group |
The Abbey Centre - The Wash House Cafe |
Together Plan - Memories of the Minsk Ghetto |
United Synagogue - Annual Women's Dinner |
Wiener Library - Heroes of the Holocaust |
Wiener Library - Panel discussion |
William Gibbs Community Centre - Coffee Morning |
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 19 June to Question 263698, how many (a) schools, (b) mother and toddler groups, (c) housing associations and (d) Westminster community groups Big Ideas has (i) organised or participated in meetings with and (ii) engaged with in other ways on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
Big Ideas Community Interest Company have reached out to a range of community organisations across Westminster, Greater London and nationally. They have held meetings with those groups who expressed an interest in learning more about the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre either through direct engagement or hosting information in their newsletters. A list of direct engagements is below.
Emmanuel Centre - Mother and Toddler Group |
Board of Deputies of British Jews Board Meeting |
Brixton Library - Foyer Space |
Emmanuel Centre - Homework Club |
Emmanuel Evangelical Church - Sunday Service and Community Lunch |
Grey Coat Hospital School - Y11 and Sixth Form Group |
Grey Coat Hospital School - Year 9 Class |
Holocaust Survivors' Centre |
Kinder Lunch - Alyth Gardens Synagogue |
National Holocaust Centre, Nottingham - AJR Members |
Open Age Westminster (Churchill Hub) - Coffee Morning |
Remembering and Rethinking - Kindertransport Conference - Lancaster House |
Thamesbank Centre - ETAT Group (Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking) |
Thamesbank Centre - Mothers and Toddlers Group |
The Abbey Centre - The Wash House Cafe |
Together Plan - Memories of the Minsk Ghetto |
United Synagogue - Annual Women's Dinner |
Wiener Library - Heroes of the Holocaust |
Wiener Library - Panel discussion |
William Gibbs Community Centre - Coffee Morning |