We have been informed by the national lottery operator, Camelot, that information regarding retailers’ sales is commercially sensitive and cannot be released.
We have been informed that the national lottery operator, Camelot does not routinely collect ticket sales information on a constituency or postcode basis.
However, an analysis of sales data by postcode area is available in the Libraries of both Houses and provides information up to 2004.
The Department receives income from the funds to recover grant-in-aid paid to the National Lottery Commission for the regulation of the Lottery and to recover costs incurred by DCMS in managing the funds;
(a) Income received by DCMS in each year from the National Lottery Distribution Fund is shown in the following table:
Recovery of National Lottery Commission Grant-in-Aid Recovery of DCMS costs 1997-98 1,991 203 1998-99 1,815 589 1999-2000 2,740 161 2000-01 4,396 238 2001-02 2,809 228 2002-03 2,342 223 2003-04 3,765 243 2004-05 4,401 236 2005-06 7,921 245 2006-07 8,047 267 2007-081 9,315 215 1 The final allocation of costs between the NLDF and OLDF for 2007-08 is subject to completion of the audit of the fund accounts, which are expected to be published later in the year.
(b) Income received by DCMS in each year from the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund since it came into existence in 2005 is shown in the following table:
Recovery of National Lottery Commission Grant-in-Aid Recovery of DCMS costs 2005-06 — 39 2006-07 700 58 2007-081 1,026 79 1 The final allocation of costs between the NLDF and OLDF for 2007-08 is subject to completion of the audit of the fund accounts, which are expected to be published later in the year.