Costs of Olympic Torch Procession
Dear Warwickshire County Council,
Please can you tell me the cost to the council for allowing the Olympic Torch to pass through your area?
Please could you provide a breakdown of the costs such as extra pay for staff, extra cost of policing, road closures, branded bunting and other associated costs.
In addition, could you tell me what income, if any, was earned from the procession from parking, selling advertising space etc
And finally, if you did have any grant funding or sponsorship, can you tell me how much was provided by LOCOG?
I would like this information in electronic form. If you require further clarification, please let me know.
Yours faithfully,
Steve Walker
Dear Mr Walker
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information has now been considered and I am able to
provide you with the information you have requested.
You asked us to provide details of the cost to the council for allowing
the Olympic Torch to pass through the county.
Warwickshire County Council spent £79,271 on the torch relay. The
greatest part of this was the costs for traffic management pre-planning
and on the two days the torch was in Warwickshire, but also included such
things as free provision of park and ride facilities in Stratford,
barriers, traffic regulation orders etc.
Warwickshire Police paid for extra policing and the District and Borough
Councils paid for street bunting and some stewards.
If you wish to obtain information about the cost to the Police please
contact:
Freedom of Information, Information Compliance Office, Warwickshire
Police, Newbold Road, Rugby,
CV21 2DH.
The addresses for the Boroughs and Districts are printed below.
Freedom of Information Officer
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council,
Town Hall, Coton Road,
Nuneaton,
Warwickshire,
CV11 5AA
Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford on Avon District Council
Elizabeth House,
Church Street,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire,
CV37 6HX
Freedom of Information Officer
Rugby Borough Council
Town Hall, Evreux Way
Rugby,
Warwickshire
CV21 2RR
Freedom of Information Officer
Warwick District Council
Riverside House
Milverton Hill
Royal Leamington Spa
CV32 5HZ
Freedom of Information Officer
North Warwickshire Borough Council
South Street
Atherstone
Warwickshire
CV9 1DE
Warwickshire County Council received no grant from LOCOG.
Under the rules of set by LOCOG we were specifically not allowed to sell
advertising space so there was no income from this.
You have the right to request that the County Council carry out an
internal review if you are not satisfied with the way your request was
dealt with or wish to appeal the decision. A request for an internal
review should be made in writing and addressed to me at the address above.
All requests for an internal review will be dealt with under the County
Council’s internal review procedure.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you may
appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office, at the following address:
FOI Compliance Team (complaints)
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
Sincerely Dot Beezley – Freedom of Information Administrative Assistant
Dot Beezley
Freedom of Information- Administrative Assistant
This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may
contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and
should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or
authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or
disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in
error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or
from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to
recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.
Dear Dot,
Thank you for the very fast reply - but could you please give me a breakdown of the cost by item?
Yours sincerely,
Steve Walker
Dear Mr Walker
Here is the additional information that you have requested. I hope this
is satisfactory.
Staff costs £32,503
Co-ordination of the plans to get the torch through Warwickshire and
Traffic Safety staff arranging legal side, traffic orders, plans and
statements of reason etc.
Please note £25,997 of this figure was for a temporary member of staff,
the rest was for existing staff working in traffic safety, and their time
was charged out to the Olympics.
Statutory Notices (advertising) £2,556
Highway Traffic management £37,134
Purchase of Olympic Torches £3,980
Contribution to Stratford Park & Ride £1,300
Marketing £305
Equipment £1,493
Total cost £79,271
sincerely
Dot Beezley
Freedom of Information- Administrative Assistant
On 27 March 2013 23:16, Steve Walker
<[1][FOI #154303 email]> wrote:
Dear Dot,
Thank you for the very fast reply - but could you please give me a
breakdown of the cost by item?
Yours sincerely,
Steve Walker
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now