National Audit Office
The sale of Eurostar
The sale of Eurostar generated proceeds of £757m. The government prepared well for the sale and achieved its objectives to maximise proceeds. The sale illustrates some general lessons for government as it embarks on its asset sales programme.
Published 6 Nov 2015
Value for Money
Department for Transport
Topics: Asset sales and privatisation, Commercial and financial management, Corporate finance, Transport
Recommendations
No recommendations are indexed here. The report itself may contain some: see the report on nao.org.uk, linked above.
Public Accounts Committee follow-up 1 report
The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and made its own recommendations. The government replies to those in Treasury Minutes.