Copies of the 2012 Olympics Host City Contract Technical Manuals can be ordered from the Greater London Authority following a successful challenge to the legality of the Mayor of London's withholding of the information under section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act. The GLA had attempted to apply the exemption for 'information provided in confidence'.

The full extent of the Host City Contract obligations had been successfully kept from the public and elected representatives from July 2005 until December 2009.

This exemption cannot be applied to completed contracts entered into by public authorities; nor is it permissible to apply it simply because confidentiality has been requested by another party. There was no evidence that a successful action for breach of confidence could be brought by the IOC, a test necessary for valid use of the exemption. Nor is it legitimate to apply the exemption to trivial information without any obvious 'quality of confidence'.

The Mayor of London breached Information Commissioners guidelines in willingly entering into the Host City Contract in the knowledge that expectations of secrecy would conflict with the requirements of the FOIA.

London Assembly members had been permitted to view specific manuals under secure conditions and after agreeing to the Confidentiality Agreement below - the last clause of which requires the contents of the Confidentiality Undertaking itself to be treated as confidential. Records showed that in 2009 only a single Assembly member had succeeded in viewing one of the manuals.

IOC Technical Manual on Accommodation
IOC Technical Manual on Accreditation
IOC Technical Manual on Brand Protection
IOC Technical Manual on Ceremonies
IOC Technical Manual on Communications
IOC Technical Manual on Design Standards for Competition Venues
IOC Technical Manual on Hospitality
IOC Technical Manual on International Federation Requirements
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Athens IBC Plan)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Salt Lake IBC Plan)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Athens Venues TV Production Plans)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Salt Lake TV Production Plans)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Sydney and Athens Plans)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Torino Plan)
IOC Technical Manual on Media (Written and Photographic)
IOC Technical Manual on Medical Services
IOC Technical Manual on Olympic Village
IOC Technical Manual on Organisation of Election to IOC Athletes Commission
IOC Technical Manual on Organising Meetings
IOC Technical Manual on Other Olympic Games Matters
IOC Technical Manual on Paralympic Games
IOC Technical Manual on Planning Coordination and Management
IOC Technical Manual on Protocol
IOC Technical Manual on Sport
IOC Technical Manual on Ticketing
IOC Technical Manual on Transport
IOC Technical Manual on Workforce