Building Research Establishment

HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 c921W

Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many members of the current staff of the Building Research Establishment he estimates will leave its service through(a) retirement and early retirement and (b) (i) voluntary and (ii) involuntary redundancy, before the sale of the BRE is completed; and what are the estimated costs. [21363]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

Of the 660 staff employed at BRE at close of play on 14 March, none left its service through retirement, early retirement or redundancy before the completion of the sale of BRE on 19 March.