Select Committee on Public Accounts Minutes of Evidence

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Question 57 (Mr Richard Bacon):   Breakdown of funding and athletes by sport

NUMBERS OF FUNDED ATHLETES PER SPORT AND THE FUNDING FOR EACH SPORT FOR ATHENS AND BEIJING

Olympic summer sports—Podium support details

SPORT	Athens' cycle Podium investment £000	Beijing cycle Podium investment £000	Podium athlete numbers	Development athlete numbers
Archery	311	1,357	7	8
Athletics	11,334	9,386	43	67
Badminton	291	3,090	17	25
Basketball	n/a	n/a	0	58
Boxing	n/a	1,747	11	18
Canoeing	4,684	4,684	23	41
Cycling	8,114	10,147	26	51
Diving	1,421	2,550	8	20
Equestrian	3,223	5,376	26	40
Fencing	n/a	896	5	11
Gymnastics	4,183	1,775	6	61
Handball	n/a	n/a	0	36
Hockey	n/a	n/a	0	71
Judo	3,448	2,072	10	31
Modern Pentathlon	2,045	2,456	8	15
Rowing	10,607	11,198	52	49
Sailing	7,178	9,526	34	38
Shooting	1,484	1,399	6	19
Swimming	6,526	7,667	36	60
Synchronised Swimming	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
Table Tennis	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
Taekwondo	568	929	4	12
Triathlon	2,623	1,853	7	15
Volleyball	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
Water Polo	n/a	n/a	n/a	48
Weightlifting	55	280	1	9
Wrestling	n/a	454	1	10

Paralympic summer sports—Podium support details

SPORT	Athens' cycle Podium investment £000	Beijing cycle Podium investment £000	Podium athlete numbers	Development athlete numbers
Archery	531	877	7	4
Athletics	3,397	3,594	20	22
Boccia	254	288	2	4
Cycling	516	1,491	12	0
Equestrian	1,188	1,424	9	11
Fencing	125	115	0	1
Football	n/a	0	0	0
Goalball	n/a	0	0	0
Judo	648	565	4	1
Powerlifting	357	508	1	6
Rowing	n/a	712	6	5
Sailing	400	846	7	3
Shooting	248	401	0	4
Swimming	4,509	5,416	31	13
Table Tennis	390	616	4	10
Volleyball	n/a	0	0	0
Wheelchair Basketball	1,850	1,948	12	0
Wheelchair Rugby	527	157	0	13
Wheelchair Tennis	473	600	2	8

Questions 82 (Mr Philip Dunne) & 142 (Mr Richard Bacon):   Staff in the DCMS's Government Olympic Executive

  The Government Olympic Executive (GOE) is the team within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport responsible for overseeing the Olympic programme, reporting to the Minister for the Olympics, who is directly answerable to the Prime Minister. Since the PAC hearing the number of permanent civil servants in the team has increased to 53. GOE also uses interim and agency staff where appropriate. There are currently 14 such staff providing interim project assurance, programme management, secretarial and administrative support.

  The Director General has an annual salary of £220,000 and the Director of Build and Finance has a salary of £180,000 per annum. The remaining 51 staff are broken down into the following pay bands:

Grade	Pay Band	Headcount
SCS2	£81,600 to £160,000	2
SCS1	£56,100 to £116,000	3
A(U)	£49,918 to £64,065	5
A	£42,770 to £52,985	18
B	£27,560 to £35,335	18
C	£21,242 to £25,178	3
D	£16,796 to £20,395	2
Total		51

  The current estimated monthly cost of the 53 permanent civil service staff plus the 14 interim and agency staff is £470,000 (including national insurance, employers pension contributions and VAT).

  The attached organogram, below, shows the 53 GOE civil servants, by grade, plus the 14 interim and agency staff (in red).

Question 83 (Mr Ian Davidson):   Evidence to support medal winning generating grass roots participation in Sport

  Please see below several examples of sporting success promoting participation:

Amateur Rowing Association (ARA)—Project Oarsome

  The Coxless Pair in Rowing won Britain their only Gold medal at the Atlanta Games in 1996. Following this achievement, rowing clubs reported significant increases in people wanting to row and the ARA piloted a national programme called Project Oarsome to increase club capacity and target young people.

  Project Oarsome links rowing clubs to state schools, providing opportunities to at least 100 schools in the LEA sector. Since its inception and further roll out, Project Oarsome has produced the following results:

—  An increase of over 100% in regular participation by young people and adults.

—  Over 1,000 schools offering rowing, with the majority linked to clubs.

—  A total increase of 35% in membership of the ARA.

—  106% growth in junior membership.

—  134% growth in qualified coaches at participating clubs.

  The ARA is satisfied that elite success and publicity aligned with pre-prepared community sports development can produce long term increases in participation.

Rugby Football Union IMPACT Strategy 2003-06

  Following England men's success at the 2003 Rugby world Cup, the RFU launched its IMPACT Strategy, which aimed to increase the number of players, coaches, officials and volunteers in the game.

  In each year since 2003, this strategy has been evaluated and the results show the following:

  2004

—  Over 33,000 new players bringing the overall total to over 230,000.

—  An additional 3,000 new volunteers supporting rugby clubs across England.

—  A increase of nearly 10% in the number of mini/midi teams run by each club.

—  To capitalise on the World Cup success the RFU organised the Sweet Chariot Tour to take the Webb Ellis Trophy around England. During the tour 250,000 people engaged actively in rugby and 18,800 registration forms were completed.

  2005

—  18,000 new players bringing the overall total to over 250,000.

—  A new total of 39,252 volunteers—almost12% more than just before the 2003 World Cup.

—  Over 1,000 new teams established.

  2006

—  Overall player total available to compare with 04/05?

—  An additional 2,700 new young players recorded.

—  A new total of 43,854 volunteers.

—  The number of accredited clubs increased from 215-287 (under new RFU accreditation scheme.

England and Wales Cricket Board—Ashes success

  Following the success of England men's and women's Ashes teams in 2005, the ECB reported the following positive impacts on participation:

  2005-06

—  25% increase in junior memberships at clubs.

—  600% increase in equipment requests for children's kits with the Lord's Taverners Charity.

  2006-07

—  27% increase in club and school cricket with a 37% rise in school years 5, 6.

—  45% rise in women's and girls' cricket.

—  22% rise in black and ethnic minorities playing cricket.

—  13% increase in volunteers.

British Cycling

  British Cycling has moved from a world ranking of 17 to number 1 within the last 10 years. British Cycling membership figures are an excellent indication of participation levels and during the same time period membership has risen by 70%, from 13,000 members in 1997 to 22,000 in 2008. Since 2005 British Cycling has produced the following outcomes:

  April 2005-January 2008

—  47% increase in Cycle Sport Membership.

—  Recruitment of 30,000 16+ Recreational Cyclists into the Everyday Cycling initiative.

—  22% increase in the number of events organised and a 56% increase in the number of participants in events.

—  35% increase in racing licence holders.

—  Diversification through Everyday Cycling into Active Recreation has been a significant factor in increasing participation in competitive events by 23% ie it has provided a pathway / stepping stone into the sport for participants.

UK Sport Sporting Preferences Survey 2004

  Following the Athens Olympics and Paralympics, UK Sport commissioned TNS Sport to carry out a survey measuring the sporting preferences of the general public. The survey investigated whether UK sporting success in the summer of 2004 had had a positive impact participation in sport. Results showed that:

—  12% thought UK success had positively impacted on their participation in sport.

—  50% were generally doing more sport.

—  31% were taking part more regularly.

—  24% had taken up a sport for the first time.

  UK Sport will be repeating this survey in November 2008 following the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics.

Positive Impact of sporting Role Models on Young People

  There are a number of schemes in place to demonstrate and capitalise on the ability of elite athletes and sporting success to have a positive influence on the behaviours, attitudes and self-efficacy of disaffected young people. Elite athletes are able to make significant differences to young people's lives by providing leadership, inspiration and motivation through structured and innovative programmes.

ChangingLIVES (Living for Sport)—Partnership between Youth Sport Trust, BSkyB and DCSF

  ChangingLIVES is an athlete role model scheme in which world class sports performers visit schools across the country to inspire and encourage behavioural change in 11-16 year olds who are experiencing difficulties or disengaged from school life.

  Independent research found that a majority of the young people involved demonstrated improvements in confidence, social skills and behaviour, and teacher ratings of the success of SKY Living For Sport are consistently higher for schools with access to changingLIVES mentors (Institute For Youth Sport, Sept 2006).

  The changingLIVES (Living for Sport) evaluation report (2006-07) highlighted the following achievements:

—  Over 80% of teachers reported that students had benefited from the programme.

—  Improvements in student conduct included increases in attendance, decreases in behaviour/referral problems, increases in students' confidence/self esteem and attainment, and improvements in attitude.

—  The three main reasons for positive impact were the influence of the athlete mentor, an increase in students' self esteem and confidence, and students' enhanced ability to work as a team.

—  The sustainability of impact is monitored annually. After one year 87% of students had sustained their post-project improvements with 13 schools reporting that 90% had sustained their improvements over 24 months.

The Respect Athlete Mentoring Programme (RAMP)

  RAMP is delivered in partnership by Sport England, who are responsible for the community element, and the Youth Sport Trust who focus on education.

  The programme aims to deliver 150 "mentoring packages" to positively influence disaffected and disadvantaged young people through the power of sport. Each mentoring package is tailor-made, based on the needs of the young person or people, and has a maximum of six "delivery days" by an allocated Athlete Mentor. Sixteen specifically recruited elite athletes are appropriately trained and supported to deliver a total of 900 "delivery days" in 14 selected RESPECT Action Areas.

  The impact on young people is monitored by their "Engagement Level"—the mentors record a level between one (disengagement) and five (autonomy) at each meeting. Recent results have shown the percentage of young people achieving the highest levels of engagement rising from 42% in August 2007 to over 65% in January 2008.

National School Sport Champion—Dame Kelly Holmes

  Dame Kelly was appointed in January 2006 to the government-backed National School Sport Champion (NSSC) role, which is managed by the Youth Sport Trust and supported by Norwich Union. In her first year Dame Kelly worked with over 28,000 pupils, teachers and others to inspire and motivate children to do more sport. She helped the Government to get 86% of children participating in two hours of high quality PE and school sport a week, (as at October 2007), beating the target of 85% by 2008 a year early. Dame Kelly is now working towards achieving the Government's offer of access to a minimum of five hours a week of PE and sport for all children by 2012.

Question 113 (Mr Ian Davidson):   Training provision for construction workers on the Olympic site

  The Olympic Delivery Authority's Employment and Skills Strategy focuses on getting people into work and training. The Olympic site becoming a National Skills Academy for Construction (NSAfC) is a critical part of this, co-ordinating training provision to meet the identified needs of the project. ODA will work with a range of public and private sector partners to help its contractors recruit the 9,000-10,000 construction workers that will be needed at peak in 2009-10 and enabling people to develop skills for careers after the Games. This will be a boost to construction training that otherwise would not have happened, and we are absolutely committed to creating a lasting employment and skills legacy.

  Around 2,000 trainees are expected on the Olympic site over the period of construction and between 85% and 90% of these are likely to be trained to NVQ level 2, which is the qualification level accredited by Learning and Skills Council for the majority of construction operative roles. The exact number of trainees will be agreed by the NSAfC's Partnership Board as part of an on-going process of establishing its training plan.

  Few workers will be on site long enough to complete an NVQ3 Apprenticeship: a number will commence on the Olympic site and then move on and achieve their NVQ3 as they progress into work elsewhere. The ODA and partners are putting in place on-site co-ordinators to facilitate this.

  The ODA's Strategy has been welcomed by both the Trades Union Congress and Unite. UCATT was invited to attend meetings of the ODA's Corporate Social Responsibility Group for Employment & Skills, but did not attend. UCATT attended a site tour and briefing in January 2008 at which there was discussion of the ODA's Strategy, though I understand that it did not raise any particular issues on that occasion. UCATT accepted the ODA's invitation to the first Partnership Board which took place on 21 April.

Question 143 (Mr Edward Leigh):   Travel arrangements for Olympic Family during London 2012

  The IOC has very clear transport requirements that all host cities must meet, set out in the Host City Contract. In planning for the 2012 Games, LOCOG has to address the transport needs of spectators, its workforce and the "Olympic Family", a term used by the IOC to describe a wide range of accredited personnel. The Olympic Family comprises six broad client groups:

—  The National Olympic Committees, including athletes and officials.

—  International Federations.

—  Media.

—  International Olympic Committee.

—  Marketing partners (sponsors).

  These groups have a range of duties and commitments to their sports, athletes and countries. In accordance with IOC requirements, where car transport is required, they will be given access to it, although the vast majority will not have access to cars and will instead use shuttle buses from their hotels to the Olympic Park and other venues, as well as having free use of public transport. Reasons why car access will sometimes be required include: security, logistics, competition requirements, equipment, attending medal ceremonies, appeal tribunals meetings and multiple sports events at different venues.

  On the matter of road access, the Olympic and Paralympic Family will need to be moved safely, quickly and reliably between the competition venues, accommodation and other key locations. Plans are advanced to create an Olympic Route Network (ORN), and a subsequent Paralympic Route Network. It will comprise a network of roads linking all competition and key non-competition venues. In general, the roads will still be available for use by all traffic during the Games, but on the busiest sections only, traffic lanes will be reserved for Games vehicles. The ODA, in partnership with Transport for London, the Highways Agency, the emergency services and those highway authorities through which it will pass, is designing the ORN.

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Prepared 24 July 2008