§ Sir John HannamTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how much per head of population he estimates will be spent on the national lottery in each year from 1994 to 1998.
§ Mr. KeyIt is not possible to make such estimates, which depend upon the degree of success of the national lottery.
§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) what specific guarantees were obtained from the GAH group of consultants that information contained in the report on the national lottery commissioned by his Department would not be sold to third parties by the group;
(2) if he will publish the text of the contract agreed between his Department and the GAH group of consultants regarding his commissioned research on the national lottery, minus financial details which are regarded as commercial in confidence;
(3) what was the length and word count of the report of the national lottery commissioned by his Department from the GAH group;
(4) if he will list the subject and chapter headings contained in the report on the national lottery commissioned by his Department from the GAH group;
(5) what guarantees were obtained from the GAH groups of consultants that, following their completion of the commissioned research from his Department, the company would not subsequently offer consultancy advice in respect of the national lottery to private individuals or companies;
(6) which parts of the (a) text, (b) subject headings, (c) chapters and (d) tables contained in the report on the national lottery recently published by the GAH group are similar or identical to the (i) text, (ii) subject headings, (iii) chapters and (iv) tables contained in the report on the national lottery commissioned by his Department from the GAH group; and if he will list them;
(7) what inquiries he has made with the GAH group of consultants regarding subsequent consultancy and advice work in respect of the national lottery which the group has given to private individuals and/or companies; and if he will publish a list of all such work subsequently undertaken by the GAH group;
(8) on what date he was first made aware by the GAH group of consultants that they intended to publish a 191W commercial report on the national lottery; and what steps he took to obtain a copy of the report in advance of publication.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 18 May 1993]: The Department of National Heritage contract with the GAH consultancy is commercially confidential and I do not intend to publish it. The recent report "The UK National Lottery Report" published by the GAH group on 10 May 1993 is a different document from the report produced from the Government, and appears to be based on a synthesis of published sources and new and separate research. The publication of this report does not appear to constitute a breach of the contract between my Department and the GAH group. The GAH group did not inform the Department beforehand of its intention to publish such a report.
Government contracts do not normally place restrictions on the future clients a contractor may take on—either particularly or generally. However, the GAH group has given a firm undertaking in honour not to work for potential bidders for the national lottery licence.