Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 77140

World Heritage Sites

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department uses to choose sites for the tentative list for nominative UK sites to become UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Answer

Ian Murray
DCMS carried out a review of the UK’s Tentative List in 2022/23 under the previous government. The process and application forms are available online, outlining the information required for assessment and the need to demonstrate the potential for Outstand...
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