HC Deb 21 April 1989 vol 151 cc352-3W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) which accommodation occupied by the Crown Suppliers will be available for sale, distinguishing between freehold and leasehold when invitations to purchase the Crown Suppliers are issued; what is the latest assessment of their market value; and which accommodation he intends to insist must be bought as a condition of sale;

(2) what furniture and furnishing designs owned by the Crown Suppliers will be available for sale when invitations to purchase the Crown Suppliers are issued; and what the total sales of goods manufactured to these designs amounted to in each of the last two years.

Mr. Chope

The detailed contents of the invitation to purchase are being considered.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Wellington house, the headquarters of the Crown Suppliers, is suffering from sick building syndrome.

Mr. Chope

Wellington house is one of a number of buildings which have been the subject of a study by the occupational chest unit of Wythenshawe hospital, Manchester, into the incidence of sickness among staff working in office buildings of different types. The final report and conclusions are awaited.