Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 November 1998. It was answered by Alan Meale (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 November 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd November 1998, 319 c454-5W, if he will list those individuals who have kept a record of information which was previously stored on (a) CD-Roms or disks and (b) on paper after the demise of Teesside Development Corporation.

Answer: Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 3 November 1998, Official Report, column 454, if he will list those individuals who have kept a record of information which was previously stored on (a) CD-Roms or disks and (b) on paper after the demise of Teesside Development Corporation. [58779] Mr. Meale: I understand that, upon its dissolution at the end of June 1998, the TDC bequeathed some 600 boxes of files to the Commission for the New Towns, as the residuary body. The CNT is currently working on cataloguing the information in these boxes before putting them away for long-term storage.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 58779; 319 c115W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Closures Commission for the New Towns Information Urban development corporations Teesside Development Corporation CD-ROM