§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What steps they will take to improve their standing in the summary of results published by the International Olympic Committee on 18 May, in which London ranked eighth out of nine applicant cities to host the 2012 Olympic Games in the category of "Government support, legal issues and public opinion."[HL2974]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe results published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 18 May represent the findings of their Candidature Acceptance Working Group to the IOC Executive Board. Now that the report has been published all128WA the information In the same form as that given in the Official Report on 11 March (WA 47–48). [HL2812]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyAn updated version of the table given in my reply to the noble Lord of 11 March 2002 (WA 47–48) is given below:
candidate cities will develop their proposals, taking into account the findings of the report, in time for the submission of the bid folders on 15 November 2004. The Government, the Mayor and the British Olympic Assocation will work closely with London 2012 to ensure that public awareness of and enthusiasm for the bid is maximised, both in London and across the whole of the UK.
§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the relevant splits in percentage weighting to the category "Government support, legal issues and public opinion" in the International Olympic Committee analysis of 18 May are 70 per cent, 15 per cent and 15 per cent respectively. [HL2975]
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§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe category of "Government support, legal issues and public opinion" in the IOC's 18 May evaluation report has three sub-criteria: (i) Government support and commitment, (ii) Legal aspects including compliance with the Olympic Charter, and (iii) Public opinion. The relative weighting of these sub criteria is indeed 70 per cent, 15 per cent and 15 per cent respectively.
For each sub-criterion, the evaluation report attributed minimum and maximum scores and, for government support, an assessment of feasibility. London, Paris, New York, Madrid and Moscow all scored the same for the "Government support and commitment" sub-criterion, with a minimum of 8/10 and a maximum of 9/10 for each city. The feasibility scores were 0.8 for New York, Moscow and London, and 0.9 for Paris and Madrid, and all cities were deemed by the IOC to have a "high probability" of achieving required levels of government support.