§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what has been the total income received from(a) national lottery tickets and (b) national lottery scratchcard sales in South Yorkshire; what proportion these figures represent of the total income nationally; and what percentage of national lottery awards funding has been received by South Yorkshire lottery. [40840]
§ Mr. SproatFigures on the sales of national lottery tickets and scratchcards in South Yorkshire are operational matters for Camelot Group plc. I have therefore asked the Director General of the National Lottery, to write to the hon. Member, placing copies of his response in the Libraries of the House.
910WTo date, 135 lottery awards—1.5 per cent. of the total—have been made to projects in South Yorkshire for a total of £67,336,877—2.98 per cent. of the total awarded.