PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service (8 June 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) consultation about and (b) comparative assessment with alternative sites for the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre was undertaken by the Government between the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation's recommendation on 13 January 2016 on the location and the Prime Minister’s announcement on 27 January 2016 that the chosen location was Victoria Tower Gardens.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation conducted a very extensive comparison of possible sites before recommending Victoria Tower Gardens. The Government agreed with the Foundation that Victoria Tower Gardens is the most fitting site. Public consultations were held once designs for the proposed Memorial were available: initially on ten shortlisted designs, and then on the detailed proposals which were put forward for planning consent.

Answered by:
Luke Hall (Conservative)
15 June 2021