HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 c627W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn, 30 April 1990, DES 87 and 92, when he was first informed of the discovery by the city technology college trust of the commission of £200,000 charged by Mr. Revere on the purchase of the site of the Brighton city technology college; what is the current valuation of the site; and what will now happen to the site.

Mr. MacGregor

The existence of the commission charged by Mr. Revere was first notified to my Department by the trust in a memorandum dated 8 December. The commission was repaid by Mr. Revere to the CTC trust on 12 December and forwarded to my Department on 13 December. The future of the site and its value are now under consideration.