• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Rather than the people sitting in Canary Wharf. To what extent is the Metropolitan Police Service involved in this? Is it providing physical security or is it a private contractor working wholly for the ODA?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

): The soil condition is an interesting point that you mention because we have seen the Zetica Report published recently, which deals with the whole question of number of bombs and so on that were found and some assessed as high risk. Can you give us any sense as to what extent that may affect either costs or timetable?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

So about £250 million?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Can we move on to the budget item where we have absolutely no information, which is transport. We have a very exact figure of £794 million. What does this cover for the ODA core costs?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Now some of those items might be either subject to overrun, and therefore higher costs, or it is very likely that the cost of transport will increase at a fairly high inflation rate. How are you tackling that?

• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

So you are reasonably confident that the figures will be achievable?

• Question by: Eric Ollerenshaw
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Will you be sending us a breakdown of the £794 million?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Have you spoken to Lord James and his team?

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

It is the building site and building materials which clearly are the major concern.

• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 25 April 2007

Since the award of the Games, international events have clearly impacted upon a significant element of the budget which is the security aspect of it. Most of us have concentrated on the issue of the security for the period of the Games itself, to ensure that London, the athletes and the Games are safe. However, we now have already entered into the build phase. I was intimately involved in the building of T5 (Terminal 5) and I recognise the security that was involved in protecting that site. What steps have you taken to protect the site down at the Olympic...