Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
(asked on 5th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate (a) his Department has and (b) the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have made of the energy costs of moving the herbarium to the Thames Valley Science Park.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 18th January 2024
No final funding decision has been made in relation to the new herbarium.
The energy costs of the new herbarium building will continue to be considered with high environmental standards built into the project brief.