Olympic Trust
141. A trust fund, endowed with a total of £40
million in residual income from the Millennium Commission and
grant funding from Arts Council England, the Big Lottery and DCMS,
has been established to support activities across the country
associated with the Olympics. The trust will have the power to
fund projects which will:
promote
the Olympic and Paralympic ideals celebrating mind, body and spirit;
foster innovation and creativity;
strengthen the creative and technical
skills base across the UK;
encourage a joined-up approach across
sport, physical activity, culture and education;
offer young people and diverse communities
the opportunity to fully participate in the build up and delivery
of the wider vision for the Games in 2012, and
leave a lasting positive legacy of the
2012 Games for future generations.[296]
142. The contribution from DCMS, amounting to £6
million, will be ring-fenced to support a series of UK School
Games, the first of which were held in Glasgow in September 2006.[297]
The philosophy for the School Games is that it should be "a
multi-sport event for the most talented young people in the country
of school age in an environment designed to replicate the feel
of major events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games".[298]
Further Games are to be held in Coventry in 2007 and in other
cities yet to be determined from 2008 to 2011.[299]
Legacy for the nations and regions
143. The right to host the 2012 Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games was won by London. Under the Olympic Charter,
all sports on the Games programme should be held in the Host City,
with the regular exception of sailing and the agreed exception
of football.[300] Much
public support, however, was secured on the understanding that
the benefits would be spread beyond London to all the nations
and regions of the UK. The Lottery tickets which will make a substantial
contribution to meeting the costs of the Games are being bought
across the country. An effort has been made, within the constraints
imposed by the International Olympic Committee, to disperse events.[301]
144. The decision to establish a Nations and Regions
Group, to "provide leadership and strategic direction in
ensuring that the whole of the UK is engaged" with the anticipated
benefits of the Games[302]
was a far-sighted one. Witnesses from the Group described the
2012 Games as "a UK Games hosted in London".[303]
Indeed, the nations and regions stand to benefit in many of the
ways outlined above, if achieved - increased participation in
sport, increased awareness of the UK as a tourist destination,
engagement with elite sport through contact with national teams
in training, and cultural spin-offs. Working groups have been
formed in each of the nations and regions and have developed individual
strategies to maximise the benefits locally: these initial strategies
have been submitted to Government and to LOCOG[304]
for comment and are likely to be confirmed in the near future.
The strategies are expected to evolve as circumstances change.
145. Membership of the working groups includes representatives
of sport, business, local government, culture, tourism, education,
the voluntary sector and other key interest groups.[305]
We were assured by representatives of the Nations and Regions
Group that the working groups' strategies were based upon a "bottom-up"
approach driven by grassroots interests.[306]
We note that a decision was taken at an early stage of the bid
that engagement outside London would be led by Regional Development
Agencies and by Regional Sports Boards, and we heard that local
authorities were only now being "brought into it".[307]
We welcome the Nations and
Regions Group's recognition that local and community interests
must underlie national and regional strategies, and we are encouraged
by the Group's account of work under way. We also endorse the
concept articulated by the group that the Games should be a UK
Games hosted in London. We will in time, however, seek further
evidence that the working groups formed in each nation and region
truly reflect all elements of their communities in their work.
195 Ev 1 Back
196
Ev 84 Back
197
Candidature File, Volume 1, page 19 Back
198
Ev 85; see also ODA memorandum, Ev 5 Back
199
Q 12 Back
200
Ev 81 Back
201
Ev 126 Back
202
Ev 128 Back
203
See for instance Ev 127 and Q 165, HC 552-iii, Session 2005-06 Back
204
Ev 85 Back
205
Ev 129 Back
206
Ev 60 Back
207
Volume 1, page 23 Back
208
Ev 4: see also Olympic Masterplan, London 2012 website. Back
209
Ev 5 Back
210
Q 43 Back
211
HC Deb, 26 October 2006, col. 2006W Back
212
London 2012 Media Release, 13 October 2006 Back
213
Ev 92-3 Back
214
Mr Higgins: See transcript of plenary meeting of the London Assembly,
15 November 2006 Back
215
See HC Deb, 15 March 2000, col. 250W Back
216
Unpicking the Lock: First Report of the Culture, Media
and Sport Committee, Session 2001-02, HC 264; see also Secretary
of State, Q 151 Back
217
Sunday Times 15 October 2006 Back
218
Q 43 Back
219
Q 199 Back
220
See ODA Press Release, 27 November 2006 Back
221
Ev 93 Back
222
Ev 5 Back
223
Ev 93 Back
224
HC Deb, 30 January 2006, cols. 1-2WS Back
225
Ev 5 Back
226
See London 2012 website Back
227
HC Deb, Standing Committee D, 13 October 2005, col. 53 Back
228
Available until late November 2006 at http://www2.hackney.gov.uk/jpat-docs Back
229
Ev 4 Back
230
Mr Moorcroft, Q 72, HC 552-i, Session 2005-06 Back
231
Sub-Objective 4.4; Ev 60 Back
232
Ev 112 Back
233
HC Deb,18 July 2006, col. 329W Back
234
Mr Lamb Q 94 Back
235
See London 2012 Media Release, 27 June 2005 Back
236
Q 90 Back
237
Ev 109 Back
238
ippr Press Release: London Olympics can deliver a sporting legacy,
30 August 2004 Back
239
QQ 90, 93 and 113 Back
240
Mr Castle, East of England representative on the Nations and Regions
Group told us that the East of England was aiming to secure 10%
of Olympic procurement; but Juliet Williams, the South West representative,
said that the South West did not expect a large percentage: Q
132 Back
241
Ev 58 Back
242
Candidature File Volume 1 p 25. The 12,000 figure was confirmed
in the DCMS memorandum, Ev 57 Back
243
Ev 58; see also Mr Deighton, Q 52 Back
244
Q 77 Back
245
Ev 133 Back
246
Ev 59 Back
247
Olympic Games Impact Study: Final Report, PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
December 2005 Back
248
Ev 117 Back
249
Ev 126 Back
250
Ev 124 Back
251
QQ 126 and 127 Back
252
Ev 117; figures in 2005 prices Back
253
Ev 124 Back
254
Ev 51; also Ev 123 Back
255
Ev 59 Back
256
Ev 118 Back
257
DCMS Press Release 158/05, 15 November 2005 Back
258
HC Deb, 22 November 2006, Col. 115W. Back
259
Q 54, HC 552-i, Session 2005-06 Back
260
A DTI Minister cited a figure of £6 million in benefits to
the Brisbane economy due to the presence of the British team:
HC Deb, 19 October 2006, col. 1002 Back
261
Information from West Sussex County Council, provided to the Committee
by Tourism South East [not printed] Back
262
See for instance Birmingham Mail 22 November 2006 Back
263
Mr Lamb Q 97 Back
264
Q 147, Evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee on 22 November
2005, HC 658-iii, Session 2005-06 Back
265
Q 119 Back
266
Ms Williams and Mr Castle, Q 128 Back
267
London 2012 Media Release 20 July 2006 Back
268
Ms Williams, Q 119 Back
269
London 2012 Media Release, 23 October 2006; also Mr Deighton,
Q 54 Back
270
Q 119 Back
271
Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 Back
272
Ev 37 Back
273
For instance Sport England Ev 112 Back
274
Q 133 Back
275
Paper from West Sussex County Council to Tourism South East [not
printed] Back
276
Q 107 Back
277
Q 133 Back
278
Q 134, HC 552-ii, Session 2005-06 Back
279
Q 138 HC 552-ii, Session 2005-06 Back
280
Supplementary memorandum from the Secretary of State, Ev 74 Back
281
HC Deb, Standing Committee D, London Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games Bill, 18 October 2005, col. 118. Back
282
Q 185 Back
283
Paper from West Sussex County Council to Tourism South East [not
printed] Back
284
Julia Bracewell, Q 134 Back
285
DCMS memorandum, Ev 58 Back
286
DCMS memorandum, Ev 58 Back
287
Candidature File section 17.1 Back
288
Candidature File section 17.1 Back
289
Voluntary Arts Network memorandum [not printed] Back
290
Ev 104 Back
291
Ev 95 Back
292
Ev 88 Back
293
Mr Castle and Ms Williams Q 134 Back
294
Ev 102 Back
295
Mr Castle Q 136 Back
296
Millennium Commission Press Release 16 October 2006 Back
297
Memorandum from the Millennium Commission, Ev 100 Back
298
Millennium Commission memorandum Ev 100 Back
299
Mr O'Connor, Q78 Back
300
Memorandum by Mr Craig Reedie CBE, Ev 28, HC 552, Session 2005-06 Back
301
Sailing events will take place at Weymouth; rowing events at Eton
Dorney; football matches at Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff
and Birmingham; and further events at Weald Country Park in Essex
and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Back
302
HC Deb, 18 July 2006, col. 329W Back
303
Mr Castle, Q 114 Back
304
Q 115 Back
305
Letter from London 2012 to the Chief Executive of the Central
Council for Physical Recreation, 31 October 2006 [not printed] Back
306
Q 116 Back
307
Q 117 Back