To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will announce the awarding of a contract for the construction of a floating jetty at RNAD Coulport; if he will name the successful bidder and list all those companies which submitted tenders for the contract; and if he will make a statement.

The Property Services Agency plans to award a contract later this summer. On commercial grounds it is not the agency's policy to publish the names of tenderers while the tender evaluation is still in progress.