Sport and the 2012 Olympics Legacy

Liz Saville Roberts Excerpts

Wednesday 24th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Whittingdale]

My hon. Friend is entirely right. The benefits that we gained from those games have been felt, and are continuing to be felt, right across the United Kingdom.

[Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)]

We have heard much about one region of England, but Wales missed out on several hundreds of millions of pounds of Barnett consequential funding as well as structural investment and foreign direct investment both before and after the Olympic and Paralympic games. Will the Secretary of State inform the House what he and his Department will do to right that wrong?

[Mr Whittingdale]

I regret to say that I do not have the figures for Wales on the economic benefit of the Olympic games, but I have absolutely no doubt that they are of the same order as that which I have already quoted for Scotland, and I would be happy to provide them to the hon. Lady in due course if I can obtain them from the report.