To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the average (a) value of lottery receipts from sales made, (b) number of applications for lottery awards from and (c) number of lottery awards made in (i) England, (ii) the Eastern Region and (c) Castle Point was in each of the last five years. (133448)

The national lottery operator, Camelot, does not collect ticket sales information on a constituency basis and does not routinely collect ticket sales data on a postcode basis. The most up-to-date sales data by postcode area are available in the Libraries of both Houses and provide information up to 2004. Information about the number of applications for lottery grants is not held centrally and the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The number and value of lottery awards made in England, in the Eastern Region and in the Castle Point parliamentary constituency in each of the last five completed financial years is given in the following table. This information is derived from the Department’s lottery grants database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors and can be searched at:

www.lottery.culture.gov.uk