PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service (6 October 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government decided to locate the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre on none of the sites recommended in the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission report of January 2015; which organisations were consulted before the decision was made to use none of those sites; and what sites were considered after that decision was taken.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

The Commission was clear that these were not the only sites and that the delivery body tasked with fulfilling the recommendations of the Holocaust Commission (DCLG with advice from the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation) should conduct an extensive search of all potential sites. In conducting its search for possible locations, through which almost 50 sites were considered, the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation consulted a wide range of organisations throughout 2015 and beyond, including the Royal Parks, Holocaust commemorative and educational organisations, property owners and developers, property agents, London Borough authorities, universities, museums and cultural centres.

Answered by:
Mr Marcus Jones (Conservative)
16 October 2017