Written question asked by Hugh Robertson (Conservative) on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 February 2006. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Thursday, 16 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

International Sporting Events

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people from (a) her Department, (b) UK Sport, (c) Sport England and (d) the English Institute of Sport (i) have attended and (ii) are planning to attend the Turin Winter Olympics for (A) all and (B) part of the Games.

Answer

The information requested is set out in the tables.

Number of people from each organisation who have either attended, or are planning to attend, the entirety of the Turin Winter Olympics to carry out their professional duties
Organisation	Number of attendees
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	0
UK Sport	1
Sport England	0
English Institute of Sport	7

Number of people from each organisation who have either attended, or are planning to attend, part of the Turin Winter Olympics to carry out their professional duties
Organisation	Number of attendees
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	6
UK Sport	4
Sport England	0
English Institute of Sport	2

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 442 c2197-8W;442 c2197-8W; 52628
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Attendance Government departments Olympic Games Sports Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK Sport English Institute of Sport Turin
Contains statistics: Yes
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