On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:35:33 +0100, John Rowland
wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:


Despatches wanted to get information from LOCOG, the body which is
delivering the Olympics. LOCOG refused. Despatches demanded the information
under the Freedom Of Information act. LOCOG said that act doesn't apply to
them, because they are a private company! Despatches then found out that
LOCOG is mainly owned by Ken Livingstone and Tessa Jowell!

Presumably they'll also find out that Seb Coe has a few connections with it.
The Mcr Commonwealth Games was also organized mainly by a private company,
Manchester 2002 Ltd, which was owned by Mcr City Council. A lot of charities
are also incorporated as private limited companies with the directors listed
as "owners". Nothing suspicious about that; it's just standard practice in
case the organization goes bust and to give it a legal entity separate from
the people running it. I would expect the mayor of London and the Secretary
of State for DCM&S to be named as company directors of LOCOG; it would be
odd if they weren't.

As far as freedom of information goes, I get the impression LOCOG would
*like* people to believe that they're exempt from the FoI Act. However they
fulfil the definition of a publically owned company under section I(6) of
the act, and a word with the Information Commissioner would probably
clarify things.

mh.
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