HL Deb 05 March 2004 vol 658 cc134-6WA
Lord Pendry

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is being done to ensure that the right coaching opportunities exist in the United Kingdom to deliver a successful Olympic Games in 2012. [HL1467]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

In response to the Cunningham review on elite sport. UK Sport has developed a world class coaching strategy, addressing the future of the coaching of elite performers in the United Kingdom. The strategy is designed for British coaches currently in the world class performance programmes; personal coaches; coaches of elite performers and to capture emerging world class coaching talent.

The emphasis is on a more targeted. focused and supported programme of special opportunities that will accelerate and enhance development. The United Kingdom's sustainable competitive advantage for the future will be the ability to learn faster than the opposition.

Five key discrete and integrated professional and personal development opportunities have been established by UK Sport to develop the skills and deliver the experiences coaches need to work with elite performers. They are: the World Class Coaching Conference; Coaching the Plan; Winning Coaches; Elite Coach and a focus group.

The World Class Coaching Conference is designed to raise the standard of British elite coaches to improve performance. Coaching the Plan is a series of small group interactive planning workshops which combine the art of coaching and the science of coaching in a performance-focused and applied environment. Winning Coaches is a series of small group workshops to prepare coaches and their athletes for major events.

Elite Coach is a formal development programme to secure the future of elite coaching. It is for the very best emerging coaches who demonstrate the talent, dedication and determination to succeed and produce outstanding performances. Finally, the focus group which is for 5–6 of the best coaches in British sport aims to provide leadership and support and add value to coaches, athletes and support staff working in performance.

Lord Jopling

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether those responsible for the London Olympic Bid for 2012 are aware of the total cost to public funds of running each of the last three Olympic Games; and how much of that cost came from (a) public funds; (b) local taxation; (c) lottery funds; and (d) private sources. [HL1524]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

London 2012 Ltd, the company established to take forward the Olympic bid, is drawing on a wide range of costing data, including information about the Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. Comparisons across Olympic Games are difficult, as some Games incorporate infrastructure costs in their Olympic expenditure and others do not. DCMS estimates the costs and major revenue sources for these Games, based upon published data, are as follows:

Host city, date, costs and contributions1
Contributions from:
Cost (£ million in 2002 prices) City Local/ National State Government National/ Lotteries/ Coins/ Stamps2 OCOG Private sources3
Barcelona 1992 8,057 9% 31% 2% 58%
Atlanta 1996 1,481 6% 9% 85%
Sydney 2000 2,534 34% 1% 65%
1 The comparisons are approximate. Some Games have incorporated infrastructure costs in their Olympic expenditure and others have not. Exchange rates and purchasing price parity issues also apply, eg at London prices the Sydney Games would have cost about £3,248 million.
2 Regarded as public funding but normally included in OCOG revenues.
3 This includes OCOG revenues such as ticketing, sponsorship and TV rights.