Our ref: EN00224
Your ref: Mr J Bettelley
Mr Bettelley
E-mail sent to: request-3484-
[email address]
12 December 2008
Dear Mr Bettelley
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
We refer to your follow up request information under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) received by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) on
16 November 2008, as well as the ODA’s e-mail dated 17 November 2008
setting out the new FOIA request for the following information:
1. KPMG “conducted interviews with key stakeholders”: it is important
to know to which stakeholders they were directed; and
2. “KPMG was also provided with additional information in relation to”
the 4 venues and the options analysis “in order to assess the
project status, potential alternatives reasons for discounting
alternative possible venues”. What was this information?
1
Item 1
We confirm that we hold information of the description specified in your
request. In addition to conducting interviews with the ODA, KPMG have
conducted interviews with members of the following organisations:
• Government Olympic Executive (a division of the Department for
Culture Media and Sport)
• London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games (LOCOG)
• London Development Agency
• Greater London Authority
• Bisley Shooting Ground Limited
• Clay Pigeon Shooting Association
• National Rifle Association
• National Small-bore Rifle Association
• London Borough of Greenwich Council
• Wembley
Arena
• CLM (ODA Delivery Partner)
• SMG Europe Limited
• Royal Holloway University of London
• Guildford University
• England
Basketball
• AEG
Europe
• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
• The National Maritime Museum
Item 2
We confirm that we hold some of the information specified in your request.
We have listed below the information which the ODA holds and which the
ODA provided to KPMG in relation to your request. This information included:
• ODA Programme Baseline Reports
• Relevant ODA Board and Executive Management Board Reports
• Relevant Design Reports and
• Relevant Options and/or Review and/or Outline papers for the various
venues.
We trust that the above information is of assistance to you. However, if you
are not satisfied with the response to your request and wish to make a
complaint, you should write to The Information Officer, Olympic Delivery
Authority, One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LN. Please state
detailed grounds for your complaint.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner will not make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaint procedure provided by the ODA. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Information Officer
Olympic Delivery Authority
