The number of young people able to go on educational visits to the Houses of Parliament is set to double next year after planning permission was granted for a new dedicated education centre.
Each year, around 45,000 pupils aged seven to 18 from across the UK visit Westminster through Parliament’s Education Service, but it is hoped the new facility will see this number more than double to 100,000.
It is to be built on the north end of Victoria Tower Gardens, the well-known park adjacent to the House of Lords, and is scheduled for completion in 2015. It has been reported that the centre will cost £7 million to build.
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