§ Lord Joplingasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the event that London secures the 2012 Olympic Games, what surcharge is proposed for London residents, to pay part of the costs of the Games, for each band of local taxation; and what total sum will be paid in each case over the period when the charge is levied. [HL2970]
§ Baroness Blackstone:Government and the Mayor have agreed a funding package of up to £2.375 billion to help meet the costs of staging an Olympics in London in 2012. The London council tax payer would contribute up to a maximum of £625 million towards this amount.
This would be funding raised from an additional £20 a year or 38p a week on council tax for a band D property—69 per cent of households in London are in bands D and below. This is approximately 2 per cent of the average band D bill being paid in London in 2003–04.
122WAEnglish Heritage gave about £1.2 million between 1991 and 1998 to repairs to the cathedral and for conservation and archival work. English Heritage is not contributing to the costs of the present restoration work which is mostly interior and exterior cleaning, the costs of which are being met by private donations.