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Olympic Games 2012

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Minister for the Olympics on what date invitations will be sent to prospective competing nations for the London 2012 (a) Olympic and (b) Paralympic Games. (219990)

Invitations to take part in the Olympic games are normally sent out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) around one year before the opening ceremony of the games.

Invitations to take part in the Paralympic games are normally sent out by the Organising Committee in co-operation with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) around one year before the respective Paralympic games.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what recent estimate she has made of the number of nations that will compete in the London 2012 (a) Olympic and (b) Paralympic Games. (219991)

Based on participation in recent Olympic games and Paralympic games, we expect over 200 National Olympic Committees and about 150 National Paralympic Committees to take part in 2012.