Buildings and Projects
In recent years the private sector has been involved in the provision and renewal of leisure infrastructure, as well as the management of leisure facilities.
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A Review of PFI and PPPs in Leisure (PDF) 4Ps, 2007 An evaluation of PPPs in selected local authority leisure programmes which finds that they are delivering investment and improvements in modernised and better used facilities. UK
Procurement in the Culture, Media and Sport Sector (PDF) National Audit (NAO), 2005 The Stationery Office Examines the effects of the Effciency Review as a driver for the culture, media and sport sector's work to strengthen procurement. Looks at collaborative procurement, ways to improve cost efficiency and vfm, and strengthening procurement capability. HC 596 UK
Regeneration of the Millennium Dome and Associated Land (PDF) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2005 The Stationery Office The report expresses concerns that the deal which was finally secured did not achieve the best value for money. HC 409 UK
Regeneration of the Millennium Dome and Associated Land (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2005 The Stationery Office A report on the competition for the redevelopment of the Dome into a sports and leisure complex and the lessons learned from the failed first attempt. HC 178 UK
Review of National Sport Effort and Resources (PDF) Carter, Patrick (Lord Carter of Coles), 2005 Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Review carried out by Patrick Carter for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Examines how to 'ensure far better coordination of effort and resources in sport', including the 'proposal to involve private and public sectors together in a new National Sports Foundation' with a view to the possible extension of funding for sport. UK
Guidance for 2004/05 Local Authority PFI Bidding Round (PDF)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), 2004
Guidance produced in collaboration with the ODPM and DOH for the 2004/05 local authority PFI bidding round. DCMS's priority for the round is projects that promote the modernisation of public library services and the creation of multi-sport facilities.
Condition and Refurbishment of Public Sector Sports Facilities - Update of 1995 Study (PDF) Davis Langdon Consultancy, 2003 Sport England An update of the 1995 study on sports centres owned by local authorities. Its aims are to establish the condition of the centres and estimate the capital costs of bringing and maintaining them to an acceptable standard. UK
A Study of the Condition and refurbishment of public sector sports facilities Davis Langdon Consultancy, 1995 Sport England UK