§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list for each parliamentary constituency(a) the total proceeds in cash terms of National Lottery ticket sales over the past five years, (b) the total grants to good causes for the last five years, and (c) the total prize money distributed over the last five years; if he will give in each case the average figure for all constituencies; and if he will make a statement. [106504]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 24 January 2000]: I have placed in the Libraries of the House tables showing (a) total National Lottery tickets sales by constituency (average for each constituency, £38,290,852); and (b) total National Lottery awards by constituency (average for each constituency, £10,838,719) for the first five years of the National Lottery (to 13 November 1999). The total amount won in prizes over the same period was £11,926,610,114, which equates to an average of £18,098,043 per constituency. The breakdown of prizes by constituency is not available.