To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) office since the inception of the ODA. (280315)

As of 31 May 2009, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) employed 245 members of staff. This consists of permanent staff, fixed term contract staff, and secondments. Staff are broken into pay bands across the ODA as set out in the following table. The table also provides the breakdown of staff as at 31 March 2007 and 2008 respectively.

The ODA expect overall staffing levels within the organisation to reduce over time as construction progresses on the big five venues for the London 2012 Games although in the transportation area staffing levels will increase as we move closer to Games operations.