HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 c54W
Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what amount and what percentage of the total awarded by the National Lottery Charities Board has been allocated to organisations representing older people and pensioners in each year since the Lottery's establishment; and if he will list the recipients and the amounts received. [71406]

Mr. Banks

To date the National Lottery Charities Board (NLCB) has made over 18,700 awards totalling over £1,004 billion. A number of these have been to organisations representing older people and pensioners. The following table is derived from NLCB's annual reports. Many other NLCB funded projects will also benefit older people even if they are not the main beneficiary group but these cannot be separately identified.

Annual Report Year Value of awards to groups representing older people (£) NLCB total awarded (£) Awards to older people groups as percentage of total awards %
1995–96 9,015,267 184,097,769 4.89
1996–97 11,678,280 319,236,293 3.66
1997–98 50,169,146 307,386,464 16.32

Details of Lottery awards are listed on the Department for Culture, Media and Sports website at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk.