BRITISH OLYMPIC OFFICIALS have dramatically increased the amount of money allocated for securing the venues for the 2012 London Games.
Olympics minister Hugh Robertson says an additional £271 million has been allocated to making venues and other sensitive sites, such as hotels, more secure.
Officials had previously said they had planned to spend £280m on security. Today’s announcement means the total cost of the security has climbed to over half a billion pounds.
The money will come out of budget contingency funds. Robertson says the event remains on budget.
Britain has allocated £9.3bn for the Games.
