§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list, by site, his best current assessment of the land assets of QinetiQ. [98038]
§ Dr. MoonieI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 13 March 2002,Official Report, column 1165W, to the hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) on the land assets of QinetiQ. Since that answer was given, an unconditional sale agreement has been exchanged for the Aquila site in Bromley, Kent and the sale is due to be completed on 17 March 2003. No other QinetiQ sites have been sold since the company was created in July 2001.
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§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list each of the QinetiQ sites which have been sold since the creation of the company, indicating the value of the sale in each case. [98039]
§ Dr. MoonieAn unconditional sale agreement has been exchanged for the Aquila site in Bromley, Kent. The agreement is due to be completed on 17 March 2003. No other sites have been sold since the formation of QinetiQ. Details of the sale value of Aquila are currently considered commercially sensitive. I am therefore withholding that information under Exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.