HC Deb 09 May 1990 vol 172 cc164-5W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list each of the advisers who evaluated the offers made for the Government skill centres; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

Deloitte Corporate Finance, as the Government's main sale adviser, evaluated all offers to purchase skill centres and other parts of the Skills Training Agency.

The Government Actuary's Department advised on bidders' proposals for pension arrangements to cover staff who would move out of the civil service as a result of the sale. The Government also received advice from Deloitte Haskins and Sells management consultancy division and King and Company on property issues, and from Field Fisher Waterhouse on legal matters connected with the sale.

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the sites of which he is currently negotiating to sell the freehold to Astra Training Services Ltd.; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

Astra Training Services Ltd. has acquired the freehold at part or all of the following sites:

Billingham Dundee
Durham Hillingdon
Tyneside Bradford
Cheshire Hull
Manchester Preston
Rochdale Wigan
Birmingham Gwent
North Staffs West Glamorgan
Wrexham Bristol
Gloucester Redruth
West Sussex Basildon
Enfield Medway
Milton Keynes Peterborough
Irvine

There are no further negotiations in progress on the sale of freehold sites in Astra.