National Lottery

HC Deb 26 June 1995 vol 262 cc494-6W

12. Mr. David Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many millionaires the national lottery has created to date. [28754]

Mr. Dorrell

I understand that there have been 69 prizes of over £1 million, but some of these have been shared.

18. Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations he has received about using lottery money to aid arts students. [28761]

Mr. Dorrell

In addition to my hon. Friend's correspondence on this subject, my Department has received one other representation, from one of his constituents.

19. Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what amount was raised in the most recent week for which figures are available from the national lottery and from scratch cards. [28762]

Mr. Dorrell

Income from the national lottery into the national lottery distribution fund for the week to Tuesday 20 June totalled £28.8 million. I understand that approximately 60 per cent. of ticket revenue comes from the on-line lottery game and 40 per cent. from scratch cards.

20. Mr. William O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he last met the chairmen of the national lottery distributing bodies to discuss procedure; and if he will make a statement. [28764]

Mr. Dorrell

I meet the chairman of the national lottery distributing bodies frequently to discuss a wide range of lottery-related issues. Last week I met the chairman of the London-based distributors in my capacity as chairman of the Millennium Commission.

21. Mr. Mudie

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the sports bodies in West Yorkshire to which grants from the national lottery have been awarded, indicating the amounts given. [28765]

Mr. Sproat

The Sports Council has made seven awards to sports bodies in West Yorkshire:

	£
Slazenger Sports and Social Club, Wakefield	100,000
Yarnbury Rugby Club, Leeds	35,000
Cumberworth Cricket Club, Kirklees	31,380
Todmorden Cricket Club, Calderdale	26,396
Roundhay Lawn Tennis Club, Leeds	13,169
Hillside Tennis Club, Kirklees	9,100
Keighley RUFC, Bradford	8,165
Total	223,210

I understand that a further 23 applications from sports bodies in West Yorkshire are under consideration.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment he has made of the way in which lottery funds have been spent to date; and if he will show the total amount spent and a list of the grants made to date to projects which indisputably benefit socio-economic groups who have contributed most of the money. [26865]

Mr. Dorrell

To date, 486 projects have been awarded national lottery funds of £95 million. I have today placed a full list of the projects that have received awards in the Libraries of both Houses. People in all socio-economic groups are enjoying playing the national lottery and will benefit from these lottery-supported projects.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many grants have been made from national lottery income to local authorities in respect of projects which would otherwise be met from normal local authority income; and if he will list each of these cases. [30025]

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 22 June 1995]: It is the Government's policy that national lottery funding should be additional to other forms of public expenditure. The 11 distributing bodies will take this into account when making individual funding decisions.