Olympic Games 2012: Contracts
Olympics
Written answers and statements, 26 November 2009
Jeremy Hunt (Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Culture, Media and Sport; South West Surrey, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many Olympic contracts have been awarded to (a) UK registered and (b) other firms to date.
Tessa Jowell (Minister of State, Cabinet Office; Dulwich & West Norwood, Labour)
To date, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has awarded contracts to 1,081 suppliers, of these all but 17 are businesses registered in the UK.
Earlier this month, the ODA published a map showing that many suppliers from across the UK were winning work both directly with the ODA and within its supply chain. Details are available in business section of the London 2012 website:
http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/business-network/index.php