§ Mr. CryerTo 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. EggarDeloitte 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 165W 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. CryerTo 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. EggarAstra 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.