Our ref:  EN00221 
Your ref: Mr S Abantu-Choudhury 
 
Mr Abantu-Choudhury 
E-mail sent to: request-4025-
[email address]  
 
5 December 2008 
 
 
Dear Mr Abantu-Choudhury 
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION   
We refer to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) received by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) on 9 November 
2008 requesting the following information: 
I would like to know how many times any Community Liaison Officer - 
from the London 2012 Olympic Community Liaison team - has been to 
or visited, any of the residents of Leabank Square, Berkshire Road, 
Hackney Wick, E9 - since it’s conception until today Sunday 9th 
November 2008. 
I need to know: 
1.  the dates,  
2.  who they visited, and  
3.  what was the reason for the visit? 
 
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We confirm that we hold some of the information of the description specified in 
your request.  
We would first like to take the opportunity to advise you of the distinction 
between the ODA and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic 
Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). This is important as your request 
has asked for information relating to the work of Community Liaison Officers 
from “the London 2012 Olympic Community liaison team” (our emphasis) and 
there is no such team. The ODA is the Non-Departmental Public Body 
responsible for building many of the venues, utilities and infrastructure for the 
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the Games). LOCOG is a 
private company limited by guarantee which is responsible for staging and 
hosting the Games. While the 2 organisations work closely with each other, 
we are to separate legal entities. Each organisation has their own 
Communications Departments which have their own Community Liaison, or 
External Relations teams. In terms of the FOIA we can only provide you with 
information which we hold and can therefore only answer your question in as 
far as we have the information relating to the ODA’s External Relations team. 
The ODA External Relations team has held 2 meetings with the Chair of the 
Lea Bank Residents Association. These meetings were held on 1 and 13 
August 2008 and are the only meetings with Lea Bank Residents as 
represented by you as Chairman of the Residents Association. These 
meetings were used to inform the Lea Bank Residents of the construction 
program on the Olympic Park and mitigation measures in place for 
environmental management, as well as to listen to the concerns of the local 
residents as passed on to the ODA by the you as Chairman of the Residents 
Association. 
We would also like to advise you that in addition to the above 2 meetings 
specifically with the Lea Bank Residents Association, the ODA External 
Relations team has held 20 other events in the Hackney Wick Area including 
meetings, consultations and drop-in sessions since 2007 to date.  
We will continue to engage with the Lea Bank Residents Association and the 
residents of the Hackney Wick area throughout the construction programme of 
the Olympic Park. 
 
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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
 
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