To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and for what reasons his Department decided to sell and lease back its Kentigern House site in Glasgow. (305281)

The decision to sell and lease back Kentigern House in Glasgow was taken as part of the planning round that concluded in spring 2009.

Sale and leaseback is a commercially accepted practice ensuring the MOD maintains use of the facility while releasing useful capital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consultation was undertaken with unions representing staff at his Department’s Kentigern House site in Glasgow prior to the sale and lease back of the site. (305283)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Ms Clark), on 26 November 2009, Official Report, column 294W.