Olympic Games 2012: Pay
Olympics
Written answers and statements, 30 January 2008
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland & The Deepings, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what the 10 highest salaries are of staff working on preparations for the 2012 Olympics whose salaries are paid from the public purse.
Tessa Jowell (Minister of State (the Olympics and London (Paymaster General)), Cabinet Office; Dulwich & West Norwood, Labour)
The following table shows the 2007-08 salaries of the 10 highest paid staff working directly on the preparations for the 2012 Olympics in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and paid from the public purse. It does not include staff employed by the ODA's Delivery Partner, and the ODA's contractors.
| Position/organisation | ( 1) Salary (£) |
| Chief Executive, ODA | 372,600 |
| Director of Construction, ODA | 258,750 |
| Director of Finance and Corporate Services, ODA | 253,624 |
| Director General, Government Olympic Executive | 220,000 |
| Director of Design and Regeneration, ODA | 207,000 |
| Director of Transport, ODA | 207,000 |
| Director of Property, ODA | 207,000 |
| Director of Infrastructure and Utilities, ODA | 207,000 |
| Director of Build and Finance, Government Olympic Executive | 180,000 |
| Director of Communications, ODA | 175,950 |
| (1) The figures are for basic salary only, and do not include for any performance related bonuses, taxable benefits and pension contributions. These additional benefits will be calculated at the financial year-end and detailed in the annual reports and accounts of the Department and the ODA which are laid before the House. | |
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sally wainman
Posted on 2 Feb 2008 11:38 am (Report this annotation)
What about a bit of tithing here? Perhaps each of these people could donate 10% of their salary back into the arts and sports facilities that have been raided to fund these salary packages. (After all, as the small print says, they still have their performance bonuses to come as well)
The Eastern Angles theatre company, for example, has been relieved to hear that it will lose only 10% of its funding instead of the 50% originally proposed; the shortfall is now 'only' £23,000.
Councils around Britain are closing swimming pools etc because they say they cannot afford the £150,00 - £200,000 running costs per year.
When I see salaries like these I think of what the Olympic "legacy" really will be: a decimation of hundreds of grassroots arts and sports endeavours.