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• Reference: 2004/0308-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What progress has been made on recruiting and training volunteers as part of the London bid?

• Reference: 2004/0309-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What work has been done to maximise the training and employment opportunities of the bid?

• Reference: 2004/0310-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What plans are in place to ensure that the bid venues and facilities are not developed in isolation from local communities? How will the bid serve to address the health, economic and social needs of local communities?

• Reference: 2004/0311-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

How do considerations around the Paralympic Games differ from the main Games? What changes if any are being made to the London bid as a result of lessons learnt from the Athens Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2004/0312-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

How are individual boroughs across London involved in promoting the bid? For example, what use is being made of street furniture, public buildings and so on to promote the bid?

• Reference: 2004/0313-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Are you satisfied that disabled access will be a key consideration within all aspects of the bid?

• Reference: 2004/0314-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

How developed are the security aspects of the bid and what are the estimated security costs? What arrangements are in place to cover the costs of any additional policing?

• Reference: 2004/0315-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Would you agree that it is important if London is to win the Olympics bid that TfL presents the transport case in a credible way that will stand up to serious and detailed investigation?

• Reference: 2004/0316-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What plans are there to make the Olympic Village and other facilities for the Games (including housing) environmentally sustainable in terms of energy and water efficiency?

• Reference: 2004/0317-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What consideration has been given to construction capacity as part of the bid? Has an assessment taken place to establish the numbers of workers needed to deliver the infrastructure for the Games including construction workers and engineers? What strategy is in place to address any workforce capacity problems at an early stage, especially given the demands on the construction industry of transport improvements?