HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 cc550-3W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the process which resulted in Manchester City Football Club being chosen as the final occupier of the Commonwealth Games Stadium in Manchester. [21355]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: In order to secure the long term viability of the City of Manchester Stadium, a tenant was required to assume the operational risk and maintenance obligations, so that these would not fall on the public sector. Manchester City Football Club was identified as the only realistic long term tenant able to undertake that role. Manchester City Council and Sport England negotiated terms with Manchester City Football Club for the Club to operate the stadium after the Games. Those arrangements have been evaluated independently, on behalf of Sport England, who are satisfied that they comply with lottery funding rules.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of converting the Commonwealth Games Stadium in Manchester into a football stadium will be. [21351]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: The cost of removing the athletics track, creating a football pitch and replacing the temporary north stand with a permanent facility is estimated to cost around £12 million.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the design of the Commonwealth Games Stadium in Manchester. [21350]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: The City of Manchester stadium is being built in two phases.

The first build phase, in preparation for the Commonwealth Games, is designed for athletics. Following the Commonwealth Games in 2002, in the second phase of building, the stadium is to be further developed into a football stadium. In both phases the stadium will provide high quality facilities for athletes and spectators.

With the construction of the stadium in two phases the venue is made suitable first for the Commonwealth Games and then as a lasting legacy to Manchester as a football stadium. The stadium and other venues within the overall Sport City complex will provide facilities to support both elite athletes and facilities for community use, a key element in the regeneration of east Manchester.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the cost of(a) the Commonwealth Games Stadium, (b) the Manchester Commonwealth 50 Pool, (c) each other sporting facility and (d) each non-sporting facility to be used in the 2002 Commonwealth Games; and which bodies own each facility. [21353]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: The information requested is as follows:

Construction costs of sporting venues1
£ million
Venues Construction costs Owned by
Stadium2 110 Manchester City Council
Manchester Aquatics Centre3 32.7 Manchester 50 Pool Ltd.
Heaton Park Bowls 1.06 Manchester City Council
Belle Vue Hockey Pitches2 3.2 Manchester City Council
English Institute of Sport2 16.2 Manchester City Council
International Convention Centre4 23.6 G.Mex
National Cycling Centre (complete 1993) 4 10 Velodrome Trust
1 Projections for those not yet complete
22 Projected costs
3 Developed as a partnership between Council and three Manchester universities who made capital and revenue contributions to cost of project.
44 Will be used, but not specifically built, for the Games.

All the other venues to be used are listed and will be the subject of hire agreements between Manchester 2002 Ltd., the Commonwealth Games organisers, and the venue owner. Costs associated with the temporary works for the venues necessary for the Games are contained in the Games organisers' budget.

Venues Owned by
Other sporting venues to be used G-Mex Ltd.
G-Mex SMG Ltd.
MEN Arena Manchester University
Athletes Village National Rifle Association, Bisley
National Shooting Centre, Bisley UPP (Manchester Student Village) Ltd.
Technical Officials Village Manchester City Council
Wythenshawe Forum UMIST
Manchester School of Management Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bolton Arena Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Rivington and Blackrod High School Manchester City Council
Manchester Town Hall Lowry Trust
Lowry Centre Peel Holdings
Dock 9 Salford Quays
Training Venues
Sugden Centre UMIST
Grand Central Pool Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Ducie Sports Academy Manchester City Council
Manchester Grammar School Manchester Grammar School

Venues Owned by
Salford Wrestling Academy The British Wrestling Association Ltd.
Boggart Hole Clough Manchester City Council
GMP Hough End Greater Manchester Police
Northern Lawn Tennis Club Northern Lawn Tennis Club
Wythenshawe Park Manchester City Council
Manchester Leisure Sports Development Centre Manchester City Council
Aquinas College Diocese of Shrewsbury
Manchester Rugby Club Manchester Rugby Club
Sale Sharks Rugby Club Sale Sharks Rugby Club
Aldwinians Rugby Club Aldwinians Rugby Club
Old Bedians Rugby Club Old Bedians Rugby Club
Bumage Rugby Club Burnage Rugby Club
Bowdon Hockey Club Bowdon Hockey Club
Non-Competition Venues
Openshaw Business Centre Manchester City Council
Midland Hotel Holiday Inn
Commonwealth House Bruntwood Properties
Heron House Manchester City Council
Commonwealth Games Village Manchester University
Technical Officials Village Jarvis
Bisley Village University of Surrey
Mancat College Mancat
Manchester High School for Girls Manchester High School for Girls
Hollings College Manchester Metropolitan University

Mr. Yeo

To ask the secretary of state for culture, Media and Sports if she will make a statement on the 2002 Commonwealth Games and on the cost of its organisation. [21352]

Mr. Carborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: The commonwealth Games will be held in Manchester from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The games are organised by Manchester 2002 Limited, an operating subsidiary of Manchester Commonwelath Games Limited, a company limited by guarantee, which is wholly owned by Manchester City Council. Manchester City Council are underwriting the cost of the Commonwealth Games.

The current budget of the Games organizers is£125 million. This is being funded by a combination of commercial revenue from TV rights, sponsorship, ticketing and licensing income and by public sector support from Manchester City Council, the Sports Lottery Fund and the Government.

Manchester City Council is also meeting approximately million of additional human resource costs and expenses of preparing the City.

The Government. Sport England and Manchester City Council have agreed to provide contingency funding of up to£25 millilon which would be available if necessary to meet unforeseen Games' costs.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the timing of the process of transferring the Commonwealth Games Stadium in Manchester from its current owners to Manchester City Football Club. [21354]

Mr. Carborn

[holding answer 6 December 2001]: It anticipated that the transfer to Manchester City Football Club will be undertaken in time for the 2003–04 football season.