Written question asked by Lord Mann (Labour) on Thursday, 31 March 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2011. It was answered by Maria Miller (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Remploy: Bassetlaw

Question: (2) what estimate he has made of the book value of the land occupied by the Remploy site in Worksop;

Answer: Remploy as part of its five year modernisation plan is developing a social enterprise model in five sites including the Worksop factory. In Worksop, social enterprise businesses have been developed in carpentry and catering and the company will continue to explore, with the factory employees, any social enterprise opportunities in their local area.The recent voluntary redundancy exercise has been offered to all staff in Remploy's Enterprise Businesses including staff in Worksop. The company have confirmed that no factory will close as a result of this exercise.There are no plans to change the use of the site and we are not aware of any discussions with Bassetlaw council, or other parties regarding any change of use, value of or sale of the Worksop site.

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