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• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 14 November 2012

Changing back to a different topic in view of some of the questions we have just had - and I am very conscious that our session this morning is time-limited, as you know - I do want to highlight in this area of what is different or what is not different the tremendous sense of participation you gave to the volunteers and to the Games Makers. I know that as you close there will be many Games Makers who think that possibly their options of other things they are going to do are going to finish. However, I know even...

• Reference: 2012/0002-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 07 March 2012

Why do you refuse to publish a detailed breakdown of how many tickets have been sold, and at what price, for each event for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2012/0003-1
• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 07 March 2012

Are you satisfied that the predictions made in your business plan, particularly in relation to the popularity of the Games and the events leading up to Games-time, stack up?

• Reference: 2009/0121-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 21 October 2009

Are you happy with the progress of the Cultural Olympiad so far?

• Reference: 2008/0013-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

How will you make sure that spectators with disabilities and those who are less able bodied can access all aspects of the Games?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

Just following on from Navin's [Shah] comment, on the cultural side you mentioned in your opening remarks that 286 cultural events had taken place in the Cultural Olympiad, which is great. Have you got an indication of how many of those were run by the third sector and how many of them were run by ethnic minorities?

• Question by: Victoria Borwick
• Meeting date: 19 November 2008

Just to follow up, although I have to say most of the questions on a particular point have been addressed; I think there were great concerns when we talked about this in our subcommittees about people who are mobility impaired as opposed to necessarily disabled. The idea of just having a buggy that people can order on demand or book on demand I do not think is satisfactory, and my question to you is to ask you to look again at the transportation of people, particularly late at night when the Games finish. We are not quite clear yet, as...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I know. That is the problem. However, it is not just about role models. It is not just about the Tanni Grey-Thompsons of this world. It is not just about the Mike Braces. It is about community sport because surely the legacy of the Paralympics must be that people with disabilities, and in particular young children with disabilities, should be able to look at the Olympics, become inspired and say `I could do that'. However, there is no point in thinking `I could do that' if there are then no sports facilities locally to enable them to do it.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I have absolutely no doubt that that is the case. I have never had any doubts that that is the case. My concern is turning that into action. I am very clear what the legacy of the Olympics is going to be. More jobs, more houses, more employment opportunities, up-skilling the work force, etc, etc. I am less clear what the legacy of the Paralympics is going to be and it seems to me that nobody is taking responsibility for fronting this and for making sure it happens. I will give you an example. The Liberal Democrat group on the...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

- £90 million or 6 per cent for the Paralympics but obviously there is also a statement that says there has got to be a better funding stream to reduce the dependency on the whole city. I am quoting from memory. And I am just wondering, if you are not ring-fencing any of the sponsorship money, specifically for the Paralympics, how will that work? I am quite happy to pursue it outside this meeting but I would like to really understand how this budget for the Paralympics is going to work.