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• Reference: 2005/0319-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

There have been calls from politicians in the House of Commons that the unquantified benefits of the Games should be shared by the whole of the UK. Have there been any offers made to you to share the multibillion pound cost of the Games.

• Reference: 2005/0322-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think there may be the perception of a conflict of interest in that one of the LDA board members, is Managing Director of a company whose pension fund owns substantial property on the Marshgate Lane estate? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0323-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think it's reasonable that the LDA are offering to buy properties on Marshgate Lane at pre-Olympic decision prices, while expecting businesses to buy relocation properties at post-Olympic decision prices? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0324-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As you know, relocating a business isn't as simple as just moving your fixtures and fittings. You need to obtain planning consent, waste consent, and often more specialised permits, as well as remedial work. Will the LDA be helping companies with this, for example in providing fast track planning assistance? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0326-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

The London Olympics Bill section 4(2)(b) gives the ODA the power to "dispose of land for a consideration less than that which might be expected in a commercial transaction". What is the purpose of this clause? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0328-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

At the time when the IOC were in London, three organizations published reviews of the LDA's approach to the bid, the results of which were favourable to the LDA and were subsequently used by Lord Coe to deflect criticism of the bid. The three organisations were Gateway to London, which is part funded by the LDA, the East London Business Alliance, which has received a £30,000 grant from the LDA, and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, which last year organised a trip to Beijing to 'advance and strengthen' the London bid, which included representatives from the LDA. Do you...

• Reference: 2005/0330-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

If, after the Games, the ODA sells off land that it has compulsorily purchased to housing developers, will part of the profits be given to the people who have been forcibly relocated? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0332-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think there is a potential conflict of interest with the same estate agent valuing the Marshgate Lane properties on behalf of the LDA while at the same time selling relocation sites to the Marshgate Lane companies on behalf of the LDA? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0019-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Any well-run organisation is constantly looking to make efficiency savings. What savings does the the Mayor expect his office to make in the next financial year?