HC Deb 24 May 1995 vol 260 cc648-9W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the arts and sports bodies in the London borough of Ealing to which grants have been given from national lottery proceeds; what sum of money was involved in each case; and if he will make a statement. [24811]

Mr. Dorrell

There have as yet been no national lottery awards made to arts or sports organisations based in the London borough of Ealing.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will summarise the criteria used for the allocation of national lottery money in Wales. [24841]

Mr. Dorrell

The national lottery distributing bodies operating in Wales have each developed their own eligibility criteria for lottery funding, within the framework provided by the directions made under section 26 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, and the individual bodies' governing legislation. Copies of the directions have been placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how he expects the national museums of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to benefit from national lottery money; and if he will make a statement. [24842]

Mr. Dorrell

The national museums of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are eligible for national lottery funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will consider relaxing the restrictions for the national lottery on publishing information about the district in which a winning ticket was sold. [25579]

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 22 May 1995]Protection of winners' anonymity is a section 5 licence condition and therefore a matter for the director general of the national lottery. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member, placing copies of his response in the Library of the House.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what measures he plans to enable the owners of unclaimed winning lottery tickets to come forward. [25580]

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 22 May 1995]This is an operational matter for Camelot Group plc. I have therefore asked the director general of the national lottery, who is responsible for regulating the operation of the lottery, to write to the hon. Member, placing copies of his response in the Library of the House.