§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 19 October 1998,Official Report, column 919, on what estimates of the percentages of the National Lottery Distribution Fund to be received by each of the six good 197W causes in 1999 and 2000 his decisions on the cash distribution were based; and if he will publish those estimates. [56255]
§ Mr. BanksAs I said in my earlier reply, our decisions were made on the basis of a new forecast of Lottery income for the present licence period. We now anticipate an extra £600 million for the Good Causes and have decided to allocate £200 million to the arts, sports, heritage and charities and £400 million to health, education and the environment. This will require adjustments to the current percentage shares and we will lay an Order giving effect to those adjustments after consulting the Lottery distributors.