asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply of 10 March, Official Report, column 109, if he will publish the letter issued by his Department on 6 March stating that he intends to direct the London residuary body to dispose of Thamesmead to Thamesmead town, the disposal to take place on 1 April.

I have today placed a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when Thamesmead Town Ltd. will take responsibility for the debt attached to Thamesmead;(2) how many officials from his Department are on the board of Thamesmead Town Ltd.

I shall answer these questions shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will detail in the Official Report the valuation that has been placed on the land and buildings at Thamesmead by the district valuer.

[pursuant to his answer, 19 March 1987]: The valuation prepared by the district valuer, based on an estimate of 300 sales a year of vacant and tenanted property, was £25 million at 31 March 1986.