National Lottery

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public money has been spent for the administration of national lottery good causes under section 29 of the Horse Racing, Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 as (a) a total and (b) broken down by (i) staffing, (ii) IT and (iii) other costs; and if she will make a statement. (119219)

The administration costs of the Olympic lottery distributor since its inception on 8 July 2005 are provided in the table. These costs are met from the Olympic lottery distribution fund.

*Period 8 July 2005 to 2 February 2007*
	£
Staffing	206,000
IT¹	0
Other costs	64,000
Total	270,000
¹ In order to keep administrative costs to a minimum, OLD buys in support services such as IT from the Big Lottery Fund with which it shares premises. IT costs were not recharged for financial year 2005-06 as they were negligible. IT costs for financial year 2006-07 are yet to be recharged.

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 7 February 2007