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There have been discussions with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and, particularly, with the Higher Education Funding Council. There is an agreement to carry out a feasibility study, and there is also interest in collaboration with a Beijing university, which the Mayor and I have been discussing since the games in the summer. Once the feasibility study is concluded, the hon. Gentleman's questions will be answered.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c20
House
House of Commons
The Olympics sporting venues in east London and around the UK will be available for use after the Olympics in a way that involves residents of all levels of ability, from starters to elite athletes. That is a fundamental aspect of the Olympic legacy ambition. The legacy business plans being prepared for the sports venues—including the stadium in the park, the aquatics centre and the velodrome and velopark—have the provision of affordable access for young people at their heart. Some 500,000 visits a year are anticipated for the aquatics centre, of which more than 100,000 will be use by schools for swimming lessons. The stadium will include, in addition to a 25,000-seat, International Association of Athletics Federations-compliant athletics facility, provision for a school and a sports academy, providing skills training focused on the 18 to 24 age group. Central to that is the affordability of entrance. I remember my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott)—who is no longer in her place—making the point some years ago that the legacy will mean nothing if the facilities cannot be afforded by people who live in the area. I absolutely and wholeheartedly endorse that point, and we are working to ensure that that promise is delivered.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c19
House
House of Commons
The question of an anchor tenant is a bit of an obsession—[Interruption.] It is a misguided obsession, because we already have a commitment to a school, so that between 300 and 400 young people will attend school at the Olympic stadium and legacy every day. Hundreds of young people will use the stadium as the base for their skills learning and development. It will be a base for the English Institute of Sport, and it will host major athletics events. Although there will be a management structure, there will be not a single anchor tenant—on the basis of present negotiation—but a wide range of central sporting interests that will ensure that it is a living stadium, used every day of the year.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c19-20
House
House of Commons
What plans she has for the legacy use of Olympics sporting venues by young people.
Asked by
Peter Bone (Conservative)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c19; 269376
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what plans she has for the legacy use of Olympics sporting venues by young people.

Asked by
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c1W; 269381
House
House of Commons
I can give the hon. Gentleman a lot of practical information about that, including the way in which, in several instances such as the aquatics centre, the designs have been amended—sometimes at additional cost—to ensure that they can be properly adapted for community use after the games have finished. Extra money is being spent on the velodrome which will be the best and fastest in the world. I have also outlined specific proposals for the Olympic stadium. No city has ever been this advanced before in planning the legacy use of its Olympic venues and honouring its commitment to young people, who will be the principal beneficiaries.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c20
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether the London Youth Games will be able to use the Olympic facilities during their testing phase; and what provision has been made for the London Youth Games in the Olympics legacy.

Asked by
Hugh Robertson (Conservative)
Answering body
Minister for the Olympics and for London
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 March 2008
Reference
473 c822W;473 c818W; 194514
House
House of Commons
In 2006, the UK School Games in Glasgow involved more than 1,000 young athletes, and saw 98 personal bests and four new records. This year’s event in Coventry has eight sports for 1,300 competitors—300 more than last year. They are young, talented athletes. Seventy volunteers will also be drawn from throughout the country. I am delighted that, this year, table tennis for disabled athletes will be one of the competitions.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
21 May 2007
Reference
460 c959
House
House of Commons
I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. Obviously, young people who take part in the UK School Games compete at higher levels than they have ever done before. At every stage of a young person’s participation in sport, there is more opportunity for competition. It is fair to say that every UK School Games between now and 2012 will be a training ground for our young athletes, many of whom benefit from the talented athlete scholarship scheme—TASS—or other schemes for promoting young talent. We hope that all those young athletes will win medals and be on the podium in 2012.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
21 May 2007
Reference
460 c959
House
House of Commons
If she will make a statement on plans for the UK School Games.
Asked by
Gordon Banks (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
21 May 2007
Reference
460 c959; 137925
House
House of Commons
There will indeed be programmes for young people, focusing on sport, creativity and other activities organised during the summer holidays. They will be funded by Departments across Government and also by the lottery. My Department is working closely with the other Departments. There is evidence to show that, among other things, such programmes have an impact on reducing crime among young people. The issue of young people increasing their opportunities through sport was at the heart of the powerful message that we delivered in support of our Olympic bid in Singapore last week. It was a message that was delivered with the support of 30 young people from the east end of London of 20 different nationalities, each of them aspiring to be a gold medallist in London in 2012. It is a proud ambition and one that we want to support with everything that we can. I thank right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House for their support for our Olympic bid. The cross-party support on which our bid is founded was important in securing success.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
436 c550-1
House
House of Commons
The policy is one of no discrimination between able-bodied and disabled athletes. If the right hon. Lady cares to look the successful athletes supported by the talented athletes scholarship programme she will find that able-bodied and disabled athletes are funded. The position is similar for our 2012 scholarships. At every level, the intention is to ensure that the opportunities available to able-bodied athletes are available through funding to disabled athletes who have the ambition to compete in the Paralympics.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
436 c552
House
House of Commons
What plans her Department has to fund programmes of summer activities for young people in 2005.
Asked by
Baroness Keeley (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
10625; 436 c550-1
House
House of Commons
As an enormous fan of Anthony Gormley's work, I certainly plan to go to Crosby to see the 100 nude men. I have an enduring memory of ““Asian Field””, one of his great works that was exhibited on the seventh floor of a car park in Chongqing in China. Even in those circumstances, it was an extremely moving piece, so I thank my hon. Friend for her invitation, which I accept.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
436 c551-2
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman is right to commiserate, but I take him back less than two years to our success in the Rugby world cup, which inspired young people throughout the country who had never before played rugby to give it a try. We do not pluck young champions or winning teams from the air. That is done over years and years through sustained investment, bringing on talent and removing the obstacles to it. That is what we are doing through the school sport programme and talent identification, and the Olympics is a further opportunity.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
436 c551
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend is right. From memory, the facility to which she refers at Salford Quays was used during the Commonwealth games and is a good example of the legacy use that enables us to continue to host major championships in future. She is also right about our ambition for young people. That ambition is redoubled with the success of our Olympic bid, which is much more than an infrastructure project building new facilities for the east end of London that will serve for decades to come. It has nothing short of the power to transform the ambitions of young people throughout the country.
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 July 2005
Reference
436 c551
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of protection that the Gambling Bill gives to (a) young people and (b) other vulnerable persons.
Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
1 November 2004
Reference
426 c3-4; 194567
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2004
Reference
426 c3-4
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2004
Reference
426 c3-4
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Jowell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
28 June 2004
Reference
423 c3
House
House of Commons