UK Sport encouraged as national audit office highlights "significant progress" to 2012 success
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UK Sport Press Release 20 March 2008
UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for investing in and supporting the nation’s elite sport ambitions, welcomes the key findings of a National Audit Office report into its work preparing sports and athletes for London 2012 and beyond.
The National Audit Office found that UK Sport has made “significant progress” in developing effective performance monitoring of the sports and in its wider management of the World Class Performance system in this country.
It also determined that UK Sport has developed a strategy to deliver its goals for London 2012 and beyond, in particular highlighting ‘Mission 2012’, UK Sport’s recently launched performance management process, as an effective means by which “to improve the governance and accountability of national governing bodies, whilst keeping them focused on the goal of delivering medals and ensuring their performance is measured and reported transparently.”
John Steele, UK Sport Chief Executive, said:
“We are pleased with the key findings of this report, which gives us real confidence that we are on the right track in terms of our strategy and approach. I would like to thank the NAO for their valuable insights and we will take on their thoughts and recommendations and make sure they help us in our continual drive to deliver our twin ambitions for 2012: medal success at the Games and the lasting legacy of transformed and sustainable elite sporting system. We recognise too the risks they highlight – in particular the fact that our ambitions are dependent on the full funding package being available.”
The Report “Preparing for Sporting Success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Beyond”, analyses UK Sport’s performance in three key areas: UK Sport’s funding strategy; its setting targets and reporting of performance; and its leadership and wider management of the World Class Performance system. It states that while progress has been made, with some notable performances from British athletes on the world stage providing evidence, there are some risks to UK Sport’s ability to deliver its ambitions: principally the availability of the £100 million private sponsorship announced by the Government in 2006 as part of UK Sport’s 2012 funding package.
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