The announcement was made today by Sports Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe who confirmed that the organisation will be based at Cockspur Street in central London, as first revealed on insidethegames last month.
 

Kenworthy, who retired as Chief Constable for North Yorkshire Police in 2002 after 35 years experience working in law enforcement and who will serve in his new £33,000 per year role until at least February 2013, and Andy Parkinson, the chief executive, revealed that two new initiatives are already planned to be operational by early next year.

The first is a "Drug Cheats" hotline, a confidential telephone line that will act as an outlet for anyone with information on doping or the supply of banned substances in sport.

 

The hotline - which does not yet have a number - is set to be open to the public as well as athletes.

 

The second initiative is the formation of an Athletes Committee, that will help the UKAD claims will help it form a closer relationship with sportsmen and women and provide a better understanding of how best to support them in the future.

Kenworthy told insidethegames: "By 14 December, we have to be ready to deal with cases so we will be fully operational by that date.

"The organisation that will be in charge of dope-testing at the London 2012 Games will actually be LOCOG [the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games] – but we have the expertise in this department that we want them to use."

Kenworthy also revealed that the UKAD, which will assume responsibility for drug testing in Britain from UK Sport, would be happy to work with former drug cheats such as Dwain Chambers who have clear experience on the subject matter. 
 

He said: "It would be foolish to ignore advice from a reliable source whoever that may be. 

 

"If someone with previous experience in the area [like Chambers] offers their advice, we’re obviously going to listen."

Sutcliffe said: "The UKAD is the latest step in our war on drug cheats and will ensure this country is leading the way on anti-doping.

 
"The integrity of sport must not be put at risk and fans need to be confident the athletes they are watching are clean.
 

"The eyes of the world will be on us in 2012 and we want to be ready [to fully combat drug cheats] by then."

Parkinson said: "This is a unique opportunity to significantly enhance anti-doping services in the UK and to tackle the broader threats of supply and importation of banned substances."

Parkinson also revealed that the UKAD require the help of the national governing bodies and the athletes themselves in order to be a successful organisation and eradicate drug-taking in sport.

He said: "We can not stop this by ourselves.

 

"We need the help of everybody and to engage correctly with the clean athletes as well as everyone else with information out there." 
 

When the new body is fully up-and-running it is expected to employ up to 50 full-time staff.

 

They will all be based at the UKAD's new headquarters in Oceanic House in Cockspur Street, a building next to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who are sub-letting them the space.

 

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