§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 20 June 2000,Official Report, column 134W, if, under his proposals, the land and buildings occupied by DERA West Freugh will transfer to the new DERA company. [130174]
§ Mr. HoonUnder our current proposals, we envisage that the capabilities provided by West Freugh will form part of the NewDERA company. We are currently analysing the views and comments received during14W consultation on our proposals and this analysis will inform the final decision on the way ahead for DERA, which we hope to be in a position to announce shortly. In principle there would be an appropriate split of land and buildings between both NewDERA and RetainedDERA in order to ensure both organisations are able to carry out the role and capabilities required of them. In transferring any assets to the private sector, our aim would be to ensure maximum return from the transaction to reflect the level of taxpayers' investment.