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Government Olympic Executive: Manpower

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on staffing for the Government Olympic Executive in each year since 2004. (219270)

The cost of staffing the Government Olympic Executive (and its predecessor, the Olympic Games Unit until May 2006) in each financial year since 2004-05 is as follows (including salaries, national insurance and pension contributions and agency staff).

Financial year

Staff costs (£ million)

2004-05

0.35

2005-06

1.09

2006-07

2.76

2007-08

4.67