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World Heritage Sites

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 14 October 2025UIN 77140

The question

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.

Answered by 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 Outstanding Universal Value.

UNESCO encourages Tentative Lists to be reviewed and updated every ten years. We do not expect the next review of the UK’s Tentative List to take place until 2033 at the earliest.

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