Memorandum submitted by the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Terms of reference requested by the Committee:
1. Progress in preparing venues, both within
the Olympic Park and elsewhere.
2. Developments in securing funding for all
aspects of the Games.
4. Impact of the Games upon grassroots participation
in sport, both before and after the Games.
5. Standards of performance by UK participants
at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2008 and 2012.
INTRODUCTION
The Government welcomes the opportunity of this
inquiry to provide the Committee with a summary of the progress
it has made to date in its preparations to host the Olympic Games
and Paralympic Games in 2012. 2007 has witnessed the achievement
of some key milestones: full possession of the Olympic Park site;
the signing of three sponsors of the Games; LloydsTSB, EDF and
Adidas; the publication of the Olympic Transport Plan edition
1 and significant progress in legacy planning for the Games resulting
in the publication of the 2012 Promises in the Summer and the
imminent publication of the full legacy Action Plan. Furthermore,
the IOC Co-ordination Commission visit in June confirmed London's
achievements to date. Denis Oswald, Chairman of the Commission
commented, "there is an excellent team in place, who work
together with real spirit [...] operationally and financially
they are on-track."
The Government therefore believes that the Olympic
Programme is on course to deliver a spectacular Games that will
also deliver a sustainable legacy for the people of the UK as
a whole.
1. Progress in preparing venues, both within
the Olympic Park and elsewhere
Land Assembly
1.1 The transfer of ownership of the Olympic
site to the London Development Agency (LDA) in July saw 100% of
the required land move into public sector control. Vacant Possession
has been implemented smoothly without major difficulty. The site
contained some 2,200 land interests. The LDA supported 193 businesses
in moving from the site by the end of July 2007, safeguarding
98% of the 4,750 jobs. Three new LDA business parks were constructed
to accommodate businesses moving form the Olympic site. In addition
the LDA has facilitated a further 500,000 sq ft of development
on its sites with specific businesses (eg Bywaters) and developed
the eight acre Thames Wharf waste site for waste business which
is now fully let. The last remaining tenant on the Olympic Stadium
site vacated in October. Approval was granted to Olympic Park
planning applications on 28 September.
Site Preparations
1.2 Enabling Work continues to progress
with site clearance, demolition, archaeological excavations, identification
and remediation of contamination hotspots and site investigations.
Good progress is also reported in remediation work with current
volumes meeting expected targets and much of the demolished material
to be recycled for re-use within the Park. This steady progress
has bolstered confidence of meeting early construction start dates
for the Olympic Stadium. The demolition work on the Olympic Village
site continues to programme, with site investigations ongoing
and initial earthworks underway.
Infrastructure
1.3 The powerlines tunnelling programme
was completed this Summer on time and to budget allowing cable
laying to commence on schedule. The temporary diversion of overhead
powerlines preparations is also complete. Elsewhere the high-level
designs for all road, foot and over rail bridges have now been
completed, and design competitions run for two of the Park's bridges.
The first is the main entrance to the Park from Stratford Station
and forms part of the Aquatics Centre roof, taking spectators
over the Aquatics Centre into the Olympic Stadium area. The second,
a smaller waterways bridge feature within the Olympic Park, was
awarded recently to Heneghan Peng Architects, with Adams Kara
Taylor Engineers.
Utilities
1.4 Utilities projects continue to make
steady progress with ongoing work on the removal or diversion
of over 250 existing services. The contract for the Energy Centre,
(the on-site provision of an environmentally efficient heating
and cooling supply in both Games time and in legacy) has been
awarded and the design of the Centre is underway currently. Work
has also commenced on the Primary Substation, which will bring
electricity into the Park. Tenders are in progress for the remaining
networks including gas, water and telecoms.
Olympic Stadium
1.5 Strong progress has been made in preparing
the stadium site. Twenty-eight out of 33 buildings have been demolished
and work is already well underway to bring the ground level of
the site to the correct level. The ODA is working with the Team
Stadium consortium to design and build the venue. The consortium
is led by building contractors Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd and includes
renowned sports and design architecture team HOK Sport, and international
engineering team Buro Happold. Contract terms for the Olympic
Stadium are being finalised. Previous projects include the Arsenal
Stadium and the Telstra Stadium in Sydney, the main stadium for
the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2000.
1.6 A launch event for the Stadium design
took place on 7 November. The main design elements announced are
as follows:
— Bowl—a sunken bowl built into
the ground for the field of play and lower permanent seating,
designed to bring spectators close to the action.
— Seats—25,000 permanent, 55,000
demountable.
— Roof—a cable supported roof
will stretch 28 metres the whole way around the Stadium, providing
cover for two thirds of spectators.
— Wrap—a fabric curtain will
wrap around the stadium structure, acting as additional protection
and shelter for spectators.
— Pods—facilities such as catering
and merchandising will be grouped into self-contained "pod"
structures, adding to the spectator experience around the access
level of the Stadium.
Aquatics Centre
1.7 The award of the construction contract
is expected for early 2008 with work scheduled to start in Summer
2008. A detailed cost plan is being developed currently for the
Aquatic Leisure facility. Over 90% of the buildings of the site
of the Centre have already been demolished, with ongoing work
on the cleaning and sorting of contaminated soil for reuse.
Velopark
1.8 An integrated design team—led
by Hopkins Architects—was appointed in July 2007. This team
are leading the procurement process for the track designer. The
procurement process for the Velodrome contractor has now determined
a shortlist of bidders with announcement of the successful bid
expected in Spring 2008. Velodrome construction work is expected
to start at the same time.
Handball Arena
1.9 A shortlist of designers has been drawn
up and selection and appointment will be made in the next few
weeks.
IBC/MPC
1.10 Enabling earth works have commenced
and are progressing well on the IBC/MPC site. The procurement
process has shortlisted two DBFO (design/build/finance/operate)
bidding consortia from the late September bid submissions and
these are being considered at present by the ODA's legal and commercial
advisors. The ODA hope to recommend a preferred DBFO partner for
the IBC/MPC development by the end of the year.
Eton Manor
1.11 The Eton Manor Venue will host the
Paralympics Tennis and Archery. The procurement process for the
venue designer is in progress with an appointment planned for
early next year. The designer will develop Eton Manor so a contract
for construction can be awarded late Summer 2009.
Venues outside the Olympic Park
1.12 The planning applications for both
the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) marine
enhancement work (including a new permanent slipway) and the Dean
& Reddyhoff commercial arena were approved in June 2007. On-site
WPNSA works are expected to commence in the spring of 2008. Both
schemes are ahead of programme and are expected to be completed
by the end of 2008, meaning Weymouth and Portland will be one
of the first venues ready for the 2012 Games.
1.13 The investigations into risk of contamination
at the planned Spitalbrook site for the canoe slalom and kayak
course in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, are nearing conclusion. In
parallel with this work an alternative site, six miles south of
the planned site, is being considered as a suitable alternative.
Should there be a recommendation for relocation, the current venue
designs could largely be transferred to this alternative site,
given its similarity to Spitalbrook. Venue designs continue to
be developed so that a planning application can be submitted once
the site decision has been taken. In either case, work is on track
to complete the venue for test events in 2011.
LOCOG Venues Overlay
1.14 LOCOG will install the overlay at all
venues and sites for the Games, and is responsible for the complete
delivery of non ODA temporary venues. At Games time, LOCOG will
operate all of the venues and manage the village. There are 36
competition venues, 41 training venues, the main media centre
and a number of villages. In addition, there will be wider overlay
requirements, for example at live sites.
1.15 LOCOG and ODA have been working closely
on the venue designs of permanent facilities. This ensures that
any changes made by the ODA are reflected in LOCOG's planning
for overlay. LOCOG has a detailed programme plan for its venue
preparations, and has already started to design the venue overlay
for specific venues.
2. Developments in securing funding for all
aspects of the Games
2.1 On 15 March 2007, the Government announced
a funding package of £9.325 billion for the 2012 Olympic
Games and Paralympic Games:
— Exchequer funding of £5.975
billion.
— Lottery funding of £2.175 billion.
— Greater London Authority (GLA) funding
of £0.925 billion.
— London Development Agency (LDA) funding
of £0.250 billion.
Exchequer funding
2.2 £405 million of Exchequer funding
will have been spent up to 31 March 2008 out of funds allocated
within the current CSR period (2005-08). Additionally, £3.623
billion of the total £5.975 billion Exchequer funding has
been allocated in the recent CSR 2007, for years 2008-09 to 2010-11.
It is expected that the remaining £1.947 billion of Exchequer
funding will come from the next CSR.
2.3 Within the £9.325 billion funding
package, a provision of £838 million (including £238
million contingency) towards the cost of policing and wider security,
will be met by the Home Office and relevant Departments.
Lottery funding
2.4 In addition to the £410 million
of National Lottery funding included in the £1.5 billion
of Lottery funding in the original public sector funding package
(and which we said at the time we might need) we are seeking from
2009 a further £675 million from the traditional National
Lottery good causes.
2.5 On 25 October, the Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport laid in Parliament an Order under
Section 60(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 and Section
36(4) of the Horserace Betting & Olympic Lottery Act 2004
to permit the transfer from the National Lottery Distribution
Fund to the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund of this £675
million, together with the £410 million of National Lottery
funds included in the original £1.5 billion contribution.
The Order is subject to an affirmative resolution in both Houses.
2.6 The original Lottery contribution of
up to £1.5 billion was made up as follows:
— £750 million from new Olympic
Lottery games;
— £340 million from the Sports
Lottery distributors; and
— Up to £410 million from mainstream
National Lottery games from January 2009.
2.7 On 27 June 2007 the Government published
a revised Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and
the Mayor of London setting out the new funding and the arrangements
for sharing the profits from the disposal of land after the Games,
with a view to refunding to the Lottery up to £675 million.
GLA funding
2.8 Total GLA funding contribution to the
Games is £1.175 billion. Of this, £625 million has been
secured from Council Tax precepts.
2.9 The Mayor has given assurance that no
further Council Tax funds will be drawn to pay for the Games.
2.10 Of the £1.175 billion of GLA funding,
the remaining £550 million includes an additional £300
million announced in March, which the Mayor of London is to make
available over the lifetime of the Olympic programme. The revised
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the Mayor
of London states that the additional £300 million will not
be found from either an increase in the Council Tax precept or
an increase in public transport fares.
Cost control
2.11 Cost control is a top priority. An
approvals process within Government scrutinises every project
in detail and agrees the spending of funds for the major projects
in order to ensure value for money.
2.12 The £9.325 billion funding package
announced on 15 March 2007 includes programme contingency of £2.747
billion (including provision for tax). Four funders will contribute
to the contingency fund (less the £238 million for security
contingency): Communities and Local Government, the Department
for Transport and the Department for Culture Media and Sport together
with the Olympic Lottery Distributor. The Ministerial Funders'
Group has been established to manage allocation of the contingency—it
has to be convinced of the justification for each and every call
for programme contingency. In addition CLM, the ODA delivery partner,
is incentivised to bear down on costs. The ODA's incentive structure
means that on cost, a contractor will carry a share of any overspends,
but also share under spends; on timing, a contractor will face
delay damages, but benefit from completion bonuses; and on quality,
improvements will be allowable costs during the work but any adjustments
to quality needed after completion will be borne by the contractor.
2.13 We expect to be able to provide Parliament
with the detailed breakdown of the ODA's programme scope and budget,
within the £9.3 billion funding package, in January. Beyond
that, the Government will also put in place arrangements for regular
(at least annual) reporting to Parliament on progress across the
whole programme, including key financial information.
Other sources of funding
2.14 In respect of sourcing funds outside the
£9.325:
LOCOG
2.15 To host and stage the London 2012 Games,
LOCOG has a budget of £2 billion, almost all of which will
be raised from private sources. The costs that LOCOG will incur
in staging the Games are not part of the funding package announced
on 15 March 2007, with the exception of a 50% contribution in
2012 towards the costs of the Paralympics (a provision of £66
million was made in the March announcement to cover this obligation).
There are a number of funding sources for LOCOG:
— Domestic sponsorship programme.
— International sponsors (TOP) rights
income received from the IOC.
— Broadcast rights income received
from the IOC.
— Merchandising activities—the
main merchandising programme will commence after Beijing 2008.
— Revenue from other sources, including
commemorative 2012 Games Coins Programme and Stamps Programme.
2.16 Sponsorship is a vital part of delivering
a successful Games. Around a third of LOCOG's revenue will be
raised through domestic sponsorship activity. LOCOG has already
signed three domestic sponsors—Adidas, LloydsTSB and EDF—and
expect to announce others in the coming months. LOCOG are confident
of having the majority of their Tier One partners in place by
Beijing. This would be unique in Games preparation terms and allows
LOCOG to concentrate on further sources of commercial revenue
from 2008-11.
2.17 The London 2012 brand is integral to
all of LOCOG's plans, including all their commercial operations
and activities. For example, their sponsors will buy rights to
the brand and it will underpin LOCOG's merchandising strategy.
LOCOG believe that the brand is making a very effective contribution
to the full £2 billion budget. The London Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games Act 2006 and the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection)
Act 1995, together with trade mark and other intellectual property
law, prevent those who have not entered into an agreement with
LOCOG from making any association with the Games or using the
brand.
2.18 In addition, LOCOG will also receive
a proportion of revenue from the worldwide sponsors in the International
Olympic Committee's (IOC) The Olympic Partner Programme (TOP).
Olympic Village
2.19 Private sector investment in the Olympic
Village is expected to be £1.5 billion, for a project costing
some £2 billion—the remainder being the ODA's contribution,
much of which is for infrastructure. Lend Lease is the ODA's preferred
development partner for the Village: the ODA is in detailed negotiations
with Lend Lease, Westfield and London and Continental Railways
in order to finalise the contracts under which the Olympic Village
will be built for 2012, alongside Westfield's Stratford City retail
centre and as the first phase of a larger residential and community
development. The Village will deliver, after the Games, up to
4,000 residential units, which will meet the lifetime homes standard,
at least 30% of them being social rented and intermediate tenure
housing, together with a new health centre and educational facilities.
3. Legacy use of venues
Olympic Stadium
3.1 The current vision is for the Olympic
Stadium to become a "living Stadium" at the heart of
the community. Following the Games, the Olympic Stadium will be
scaled down to a 25,000-seat venue to deliver a vibrant and sustainable
all-year round sporting and community legacy. Detailed work is
ongoing to ensure that the vision of the Stadium as a versatile
multi-sport venue is realised and active discussions are taking
place with lower league football and premier league rugby clubs
about how best to deliver this. We are committed, however, to
honouring our commitment to the IOC that athletics will be at
the heart of the Stadium post Games and there is now agreement
in place for a warm up track in legacy. The legacy transformation
of this venue will enable the UK to stage other major athletics
events.
Aquatics Centre
3.2 In legacy, the Aquatics Centre will
provide two 50m pools and a diving pool to enable a mix of elite
usage and community use. After the Games temporary seating will
be removed, leaving in legacy a 2,500 capacity swimming venue
that can be boosted to 3,500 seats for larger competitions.
Velopark
3.3 The Velodrome is a 6,000 seat structure
for the indoor Olympic cycling events and will remain as a venue
in legacy. A temporary BMX Circuit is also being provided for
the Games and this is to be relocated and retained in the Velopark
in legacy along with:
— 1.6km/1 mile Road Cycle Circuit.
The VeloPark will also be connected to the Sustrans
National Cycle Network, linking the new facilities into cycle
routes across London.
Handball Arena 3
3.4 Conversion post-Games will provide an
indoor multi-sport centre to become a training and competition
venue and regional home for a range of indoor minority grass-roots
sports with a flexible seating arrangement.
Broxbourne Canoe Slalom
3.5 In legacy, the Broxbourne White Water
Centre (WWC) will offer the opportunity of combining a wide variety
of paddling sports in a single location for beginner to elite
use and creating the first artificial white water facility in
the south of England.
Weymouth & Portland Sailing
3.6 The National Sailing Academy will benefit
from the improved facilities the Games will leave behind, providing
a state-of-the-art facility for elite training, competition and
local community use.
Temporary Venues
3.7 The London 2012 Candidate File identified
a number of sporting facilities which have no legacy within the
Olympic Park after the Games. These have been termed Reusable
Arenas which could be relocated around the UK. After the Games
the temporary structures may potentially be reconfigured and relocated
elsewhere in the UK. This will range from the entire venue "shell"
or its parts, "field of play", courts, seating, fit-out
elements including hospitality, changing, assembly, office, support
accommodation, lighting, heating and air conditioning plant. There
is a soft market testing exercise to gauge what appetite exists
amongst funded National Governing Bodies for sport, Local Authority
Officers, all home country sports councils, 30 organisations in
the private sector and the 2012 regional co-ordinators across
the UK for these structures. This will be concluded in due course.
4. Impact of the Games upon grassroots participation
in sport
Introduction
4.1 Government has set out its legacy aspirations
for the London 2012 Games articulated in five 2012 promises published
in June. One of these promises is to create a world class sporting
nation. A legacy of increased participation in community and school
sport is a key part of meeting this ambition. This is why we have
been putting all the plans in place to ensure the London 2012
Games legacy is realised.
School Sport
4.2 The Prime Minister announced in July
an additional £100 million from 2008-11 to deliver the five
hours of sport offer. Our ambition had been to offer all children
in England a minimum of four hours of sport a week within and
outside of school. This confirmed funding now means from 2008
we can start to offer all children in England aged 5-16 five hours
of sport per week, and three hours for young people aged 16-19.
4.3 This funding will provide:
— New National School Sport Week, championed
by Dame Kelly Holmes where all schools will be encouraged to run
sports days and inter-school tournaments. This will build on the
success of the UK School Games and its impact on motivating young
people to take part in competitive sport.
— A network of 225 competition managers
across the country to work with primary and secondary schools
to increase the amount of competitive sport they offer.
— More coaches in schools and the community
to deliver expert sporting advice to young people.
— Sports coordinators to increase the
sporting offer to those in further education.
4.4 In addition to this clearly defined
programme for delivering the five-hour sports offer, and as a
result of London hosting the 2012 Games, we have launched two
new programmes in the last 18 months; the UK School Games and
Young Ambassadors. These exemplify the way in which we are using
the London Games to inspire young people to achieve their personal
best.
4.5 The UK School Games (UKSG) will form
an essential part of the preparations leading up to the Olympic
Games in 2012. The UKSG are a multi-sport competitive event for
talented young people across the UK. Our vision is to create an
event which will become the pinnacle of competitive sports for
schools showcasing our emerging young talent in the run up to
2012.
4.6 The Inaugural Games were held in Glasgow
last year and featured 1,000 young athletes competing in seven
sports (including disability sports in swimming and athletics).
The 2007 Coventry Games involved more than 1,300 young people
and also the introduction of three new sports and one disability
sport. The sports will increase annually until 2011.
4.7 The Young Ambassadors programme was
launched in June 2006 by DCMS and DCSF. Part of Step into Sport,
it has created a network of dedicated young people—two from
each School Sport Partnership (SSP) who are acting as advocates
and role models to other young people within SSPs. Each Young
Ambassador is working in a variety of imaginative ways to increase
participation, support learning through the Olympic and Paralympic
values and provide inspiration for other young people to "choose
sport".
Coaching
4.8 To realise our ambition for participation
in sport for children and young people and adults, continued investment
in coaching will be essential. We will continue to align government
investment to the UK Coaching Framework, which will improve even
further the quality and quantity of coaching across the country
ensuring skilled coaches support children, players and athletes
at all stages in their development—creating a coaching system
which is number one in the world by 2016. Over £60 million
(lottery and exchequer) is being spent on coaching in the five
years up to 2008 funding 3,000 Community Sports Coach posts. An
additional £40 million of Sport England lottery funding is
supporting clubs and coaches between April 2007 and March 2010.
Community Sport
4.9 Achieving a legacy of increased mass
participation in community sport will depend on the involvement
of organisations, communities and individuals across the UK. The
Legacy Action Plan will detail some of the major programmes Sport
England, the Government's lead agency on sport, will deliver to
meet this ambition. The plan will provide both qualitative and
quantitative data on programmes in terms of new participants they
will attract and how the London 2012 Games will be used to ensure
a sustainable increase in mass sport participation.
4.10 In early 2008 Sport England will also
publish their five year "Plan for Community sport" detailing
how they will deliver sport to 2013, with key partners such as
Local Government, National Governing bodies, higher and further
education, the Central Council for Physical Recreation (CCPR)
and the private sector placing the 2012 Games at the heart of
the strategy.
Volunteers
4.11 Volunteers are the backbone of community
sport and an effective strategy around developing their role will
be crucial in meeting our community sport ambition. At 26%, sport
is the single biggest contributor to total volunteering in England.
Sport England's "Plan for Community Sport" will include
a focus on working with the voluntary and community sector to
boost sports volunteering. In addition 10% of the 70,000 volunteers
needed for Games will come from the Personal Best Programme.
4.12 The wider benefits for volunteering
will form part of a wider set of social legacy benefits, which
will be delivered through the London 2012 Games, of promoting
social inclusion, developing talent, and providing work experience
as a route into employment.
Facilities
4.13 Easy access to a range of quality sports
facilities is one of the fundamental building blocks in delivering
a sustained increase in sports participation. Currently around
90% of the population lives within 20 minutes travel time of at
least two different facilities that are most in demand by the
public, including swimming pools, playing fields, synthetic turf
pitches, health and fitness centres and sports halls. And of those
facilities 65% (not including playing fields) have been built
or refurbished in the last 10 years. Looking forward to 2012 we
want to build on this success.
4.14 Since 2001, Government and the National
Lottery distributing bodies have committed over £1 billion
through targeted initiatives to develop new or refurbished sports
facilities. A further £40 million is available for the Community
Club Development Programme over 2006-08 and a proportion of the
£35 million for the National Sports Foundation will also
be spent on facilities.
4.15 In total, over 4,000 new or refurbished
sports facilities are being supported by funding programmes (eg
Active England, New Opportunities for PE and Sport, Community
Club Development Programme).
Funding
4.16 The diversion of lottery funding from
Sport England to part fund the London 2012 Games will not put
at risk the community sport legacy. No currently funded community
sport project need lose out. The diverted sum is only a part of
Government's total investment in community sport. Investment in
community sport was £390 million in 2007—6 times higher
than in 1997. There will be about £440 million of new Lottery
money for Sport England between 2008-09 and 2011-12. The new Memorandum
of Understanding signed with the Mayor of London in June provides
a means to refund distributors using the proceeds of land sales
from the Olympic Park after 2012.
5. Standards of performance by UK participants
at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2008 and 2012
Introduction
5.1 The Chancellor announced in March 2006
additional investment for our world class athletes of the future
of £200 million of public money to be matched by raising
£100 million from the private sector. Combined with an additional
£300 million to be invested from the Lottery, this will result
in over £600 million being made available over the period
2006-13.
5.2 Since the introduction of the additional
funding, UK Sport (the Government's agency for high performance
sport) has been ensuring that this substantial public investment
is being used to the best advantage to assist delivery of medal-winning
performances in 2012.
5.3 The additional investment now means
that UK Sport is able to provide financial support to more Olympic/Paralympic
sports than ever before and is now distributing funding to 24
out of the 28 Olympic sports and to all 20 Paralympic sports in
the run up to Beijing.
Athlete Performance
5.4 Since the introduction of the additional
funding there have been encouraging athlete performances in targeted
competitions:
— April 2006—March 2007: 11
of the 12 Olympic sports with performance targets agreed with
UK Sport either met or exceeded that target. Of the 10 sports
competing at World Championship level, eight won medals and six
produced World Champions in Olympic disciplines. Overall Olympic
sports won 51 medals in all targeted competitions against UK Sport's
target of 30, while Paralympic sports won 108 against a target
of 78.
— Summer 2007: British athletes
won 41 medals in World Championship competition this year in Olympic
disciplines of which 11 of these were gold. Our Paralympic athletes
have also fared well—in a year where several major sports
do not have a World Championship, a total of 46 medals have been
won. The performance of the following sports were the highlights:
— Archery—targeted 0 medals,
but achieved three, enabling the sport to gain maximum qualification
of six places for Beijing.
— Boxing -achieved three, including
the first ever gold medal at World Championship level.
— Canoeing—targeted two medals
and achieved three.
— Cycling- best ever World Track Championship
results, targeted six medals, but achieved seven medals in Olympic
disciplines of which four were gold. In addition, cycling won
a gold medal at the BMX World Championships which is included
in the Beijing Olympics for the first time.
— Rowing—achieved their best
ever results from a World Championship winning seven medals in
Olympic classes with two gold and five bronze medals. All boats
with the exception of the women's single scull, women's pair and
men's quadruple scull have qualified for Beijing.
— Sailing—targeted three medals,
achieved six medals of which two were gold. They are the only
team (with the exception of China as hosts) to have qualified
boats in all 11 classes.
— Archery—targeted three medals
and achieved four medals.
— Cycling—Great Britain team
topped the medal table with 13 gold medals and 17 medals in total.
— Equestrian—targeted six medals
and achieved 13 medals.
— Rowing—targeted one medal and
achieved two medals.
There have also been encouraging performances
from other sports, such as Women's Hockey in qualifying early
for Beijing and the Basketball teams in taking significant steps
towards qualification for 2012.
Medal Targets
5.5 While recent athletic performances have
shown encouraging signs of future medal potential it is too early
to predict the number of medals that might be achieved in Beijing,
let alone London. A number of factors need to be considered before
this will be agreed.
— UK Sport are committed to moving
towards 8th in the Olympic and 2nd in the Paralympic medal table
at Beijing (from 10th and 2nd in Athens respectively).
— UK Sport has agreed annual targets
with the individual Olympic and Paralympic sports up to 2008 when
the Beijing Games takes place, but a formal target for Beijing
will not be agreed with Ministers until a few months away from
the Games.
— The ultimate goal for London 2012
is to finish fourth in the Olympic medal table and first in the
Paralympic medal table.
— As with 2008, UK Sport will agree
annual medal targets with the Olympic and Paralympic sports up
to 2012 when the London Games take place, but a formal medal target
for London will not be agreed with Ministers until a few months
away from the Games.
Monitoring and Evaluation
5.6 With the significant new investment
and the ambitious goals for London 2012, it is vital that we are
able to determine whether we are on track and there is a means
of demonstrating that public investment in elite sport is being
spent effectively. With this in mind UK Sport has developed Mission
2012 to help each Summer Olympic and Paralympic sport understand
how it is progressing and identify anything that might stand in
the way of success in 2012.
Mission 2012
5.7 Mission 2012 is UK Sport's new traffic
light-based monitoring and evaluation programme for all Olympic
and Paralympic sports. It was launched in May and will take effect
in November.
5.8 The programme aims to bring an open
and transparent peer review of the sports' performance in a number
of areas, through the establishment of an Olympic and Paralympic
Performance Panel, chaired by UK Sport's Chief Executive Officer
and include Sir Clive Woodward (Director of Elite Performance,
British Olympic Association), Steve Cram, former elite athlete
and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, UK's most successful paralympic
athlete.
£100 million for Elite Sport
5.9 The Government, supported by UK Sport,
has also been exploring a number of options to raise £100
million from the private sector to help support our most talented
athletes. This work included UK Sport commissioning an independent
report into its current fundraising opportunities, including information
on the activity of other sporting organisations both in the UK
and internationally.
5.10 DCMS considered these and other options
which may deliver £100 million in total before 2012 and discussed
them further with UK Sport and LOCOG. DCMS and UK Sport have continued
to explore the potential for these funds to be realised from a
number of options and have now agreed, in consultation with LOCOG,
on a way forward.
5.11 Expressions of interest from interested
parties to act as a fundraising partner to raise £100 million
from the private sector to support UK Sport's World Class Pathway
Programme are currently being sought. An Invitation to Tender
was placed in the Official Journal for the European Union (OJEU)—26
October—and interested companies have 40 days in which to
submit a tender. Interviews with interested parties will be held
towards the end of the calendar year with the appointment of the
successful bidder in January 2008.
Elite Coach
5.12 This initiative aims to ensure that
a new generation of British coaches will be available to pick
up the baton in the lead-up to Beijing in 2008 and, potentially,
London in 2012. The scheme provides tailor-made programmes developed
for each of the coaches, to allow them to develop their technical
skills by working with and observing the best in action, but also
to develop their leadership skills. The programme covers three
core areas of work.
5.13 UK Sport is investing £1 million
per year to the programme. Each tailored programme lasts three
years, with a new intake of up to 10 posts in October each year.
The first intake of coaches took place in October 2004. First
intake of Elite Coaches graduated at end of September 2007 and
seven out of the eight coaches secured post-Programme employment
within the UK High Performance System (NGBs/Institutes). 26 coaches
are currently on the programme.
Sporting Giants
5.14 Launched in April 2007, the Sporting
Giants Campaign aimed to find Olympians of the future. It is administered
by the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and UK Sport with the
National Governing bodies of Rowing, Volleyball and Handball.
The campaign received over 4,800 applicants from 16-25-years-olds
right across the UK. A series of talent ID sessions have since
taken place over the summer for each of these sports, with good
progress being made with each.
November 2007
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