§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if the statement that rural areas received a higher share of National Lottery awards than urban areas on page six of the report by the Cabinet Office, entitled "Sharing the Nation's Prosperity," refers to(a) the share of the number of individual lottery awards or (b) the monetary value of the awards. [110507]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 17 February 2000]: The statement that rural areas received a higher share of National Lottery awards than urban areas is based on the number of awards per capita.