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National Lottery

Volume 455: debated on Wednesday 24 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been distributed to the heritage sector from the National Lottery in each year since 1997; and through which bodies it has been distributed. (115486)

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is the sole, UK-wide Lottery distributing body for the heritage good cause. Total Lottery expenditure by the HLF in each of the last nine financial years is given in the following table. This includes money drawn down from the National Lottery Distribution Fund to meet the bodies’ administrative expenses. Details of individual grants, supplied by each Lottery distributor, can be found on the Department’s Lottery Grants Database, searchable at

www.lottery.culture.gov.uk

Expenditure in £ million, rounded to nearest £1 million

1997-98

133

1998-99

196

1999-2000

277

2000-01

290

2001-02

262

2002-03

265

2003-04

324

2004-05

308

2005-06

374

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been distributed to the arts from the National Lottery in each year since 1997; and through which bodies it has been distributed. (115488)

Lottery funds are distributed to the arts good cause by six bodies. These are Arts Council England, the Scottish Arts Council, the Arts Council of Wales, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen. However, other Lottery distributors may sometimes make awards which are arts-related, for example the Heritage Lottery Fund for the acquisition or retention of a work of arts in a UK museum or gallery.

Total Lottery expenditure by the six arts Lottery distributors in each of the last nine financial years is given in the following table. This includes money drawn down from the National Lottery Distribution Fund to meet the bodies’ administrative expenses. Details of individual grants, supplied by each Lottery distributor, can be found on the Department’s Lottery grants database, searchable at

www.lottery.culture.gov.uk

Expenditure in £ million, rounded to nearest £1 million

1997-98

356

1998-99

366

1999-2000

259

2000-01

272

2001-02

275

2002-03

246

2003-04

295

2004-05

298

2005-06

275