To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research has been conducted into the causes of the Millennium Dome cost over-runs. (129102)

I have been asked to reply.

Since the final cost of the Millennium Experience was just 4 per cent. higher than the amount allowed for in the original May 1997 budget, we have not conducted any specific research. However, the National Audit Office published two wider reports on the Millennium Experience, “The Millennium Dome” (HC936) in 2000 and “Winding up the New Millennium Experience Company” (HC749) in 2002.