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Olympic Games 2012

Answer

There are currently 91.9 full- time equivalent people (including secondees, interims and agency staff) working in the Government Olympic Executive (GOE), all of whom report through the DCMS Permanent Secretary to the Minister for the Olympics. All GOE staff work in one of five teams: The build and finance team, which is responsible for ensuring that the delivery of the Games infrastructure and venues remains on time, and that the programme remains on budget and provides value for money; The staging team, which is responsible for the range of government commitments and legislative changes necessary to host the world’s largest sporting event, and for assurance of LOCOG’s plans and finances in the Government's role as funder of last resort; The legacy team, which is responsible for ensuring that the Government’s ambitious legacy commitments are delivered, including getting two million people more active, transforming the heart of east London and inspiring a generation of young people; The operations team, which is responsible for helping the 2012 stakeholders to oversee the Olympic project, identifying risks and issues across organisations, for providing the Secretariat to the Olympic Board and for doing all we can to be fully accountable to Parliament and the public; and A small communications team, which is responsible for working across government to ensure events and activities are co-ordinated to avoid duplication and wasted resource. In 2008-09, the GOE’s pay bill, including employer’s pensions and national insurance contributions, totalled £6.944 million.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3480; 710 c333-4WA

Session

2008-09

Related items

Olympic Executive
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Written questions
House of Lords

Subjects

Accountability Expenditure Pay Staff Government Olympic Executive

Link

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