Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012

(asked on 20th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the legacy of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.


Answered by
Helen Grant Portrait
Helen Grant
This question was answered on 26th March 2015

The legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games includes:

· 1.6 million more people, including over 260,000 more disabled people, are playing sport once a week than when we won the bid for the Games back in 2005

· over £14 billion of economic benefits have been realised in terms of trade and investment following the Games and Games-time promotional activity

· all permanent venues on the Park have a secured legacy use, more than 4.5 million people have visited Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park since it re-opened, and over 4,500 people are now living in the former Athletes' Village

· volunteering in England increased in 2012 after a period of decline, with an increase from 65% to 72% of the population who had volunteered at least once in the previous 12 months, an increase that has been maintained since.

I have reported to Parliament regularly on the sporting legacy from the 2012 Games. My most recent report was made in a written ministerial statement on 5 March 2015, Hansard columns 72-76/WS.

In addition government and the Mayor of London produce joint annual reports on the Games' legacy. The most recent report, 'Olympic and Paralympic legacy: inspired by 2012 - second annual report' is on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-olympic-and-paralympic-legacy-inspired-by-2012-second-annual-report .

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