§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the privatisations which his Department has promoted since 1979, indicating, in each case, the date of the sale, the proceeds of the sale, and the estimated current value of the company.
§ Miss WiddecombeThere have been two privatisations in the Department of Employment since 1979: the Professional and Executive Register in 1988 and the Skills Training Agency in 1990. Information relating to the proceeds from both sales is set out in the Department's appropriation accounts for 1989–90—pER——and 1990–91 to 1992-93-STA. The Department does not hold information relating to the current value of the companies involved.