§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the value of commercial and industrial assets in each of the new towns, formerly vested in the ownership of new town corporations or the New Towns Commission, which have been sold since May 1979.
§ Mr. StanleyI refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to his question on 17 June 1980—[Vol. 986, c. 497]—when I said that to publish this information town by town might prejudice the negotiating position of the development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns. By 31 March 1981 £152 million had been realised from the sale of industrial and commercial assets in the English new towns.