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<p>The UKAD budget (income and DCMS funding) was £7.2 million in 2011/12; £7.7 million
in 2012/13; £7.5 million on 2013/14; and £7.5 million in 2014/15. The 2015/16 total
budget is subject to finalised accounts. Its workforce is recruited based on each
individual's particular set of skills to help deliver the anti-doping programme effectively.
UKAD's role as secretariat to the Pre-Rio Anti-Doping Taskforce is through an agreement
with the World Anti-Doping Agency. An additional full-time member of staff has been
secured to carry out the task-force work so resources will not be diverted from UK
Anti-Doping’s core programmes. As the honourable member will know, shocking allegations
of doping in British sport emerged over the weekend, and UKAD's role in investigating
the matter. The Secretary of State for DCMS has ordered an urgent independent investigation
into what action was taken when these allegations were first received and what more
needs to be done to ensure that British sport remains clean. We intend to keep both
houses fully informed of developments.</p>
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