Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 January 2006. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Thursday, 2 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Qinetiq

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will refer the sale of Qinetiq to Carlyle in 2002 to the National Audit Office.

Answer: The National Audit Office announced on 26 January that it would carry out a study into the Qinetiq Public Private Partnership. The study will include consideration of the sale to Carlyle, which took place in February 2003.It is routine for the NAO to look at complex PPP transactions of this sort and it would have been very surprising if it had not wished to examine the Qinetiq privatisation. The MOD welcomes its involvement and looks forward to co-operating fully with their work.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 46895; 442 c707W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Companies National Audit Office Public private partnerships Sales QinetiQ Carlyle Group
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