§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which consultancy group has been appointed to advise him on the privatisation of the Building Research Establishment; what are its terms of reference; when it will report; and which organisations are being consulted. [4809]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesI refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Raynsford) on 30 November 1995,Official Report, column 799, in which I stated that PA Consulting had been appointed to advise on the options for transferring the Building Research Establishment to the private
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§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe grant in aid allocations to each housing action trust and the percentages these represent of each trust's total expenditure in each year from their start, including estimates for 1995–96, are as follows:
sector. I also refer her to the answer which my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State (Sir P. Beresford) gave to the hon. Member for Greenwich on 21 November 1995, Official Report, column 93, indicating that he had placed in the Library a copy of the specification issued to all the consultants invited to tender.
The consultants have been asked to report by 31 January 1996. They are at present finalising a list of organisations whom they propose to consult. I shall write to the hon. Member when their list is complete.