To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason the three transport projects referred to in note 1 of the minutes of the Olympic cost review steering group of 28 November 2005 were transferred from the Olympic Delivery Authority to Transport for London. (133635)

These transport projects were not transferred to Transport for London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date and for what reason the decision was taken to cancel the meetings of the Olympic cost review steering group planned for 8 December 2005 and 12 December 2005. (133645)

In late 2005, in consultation with other stakeholders, I asked the Minister for Sport to chair a separate cost review to take forward the work of the steering group and to examine the Olympic budget in more detail.

The original steering group was not therefore re-convened.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what issues her Department was negotiating with the Treasury on taxes, as stated in point 1 of the minutes of the Olympic cost review steering group of 14 November 2005; and whether these negotiations included discussions on VAT. (133666)

In November 2005 the Department was discussing with HM Treasury the tax position of the then proposed Olympic Delivery Authority. This included discussion of VAT.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent to date on construction projects in preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (136286)

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) officially came into existence on the 30 March 2006, and started work on the 1 April 2006. The vast majority of the construction work is due to start from summer 2008, although a significant amount of preparatory activity has taken place including enabling works, infrastructure delivery, venue design, planning, integration with the Stratford City development, and transport planning. As is consistent with other non-departmental public bodies, the ODA will be publishing its expenditure figures in its annual report, and this will be available before the summer recess.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans are in place to ensure that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to be seen in the UK on high definition. (138440)

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic games and Paralympic games and the broadcasters are committed to recording and transmitting the games in high definition.