HC Deb 22 January 2001 vol 361 c445W
20. Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to improve the allocation of national lottery arts funding to areas which have hitherto received little funding. [144799]

Mr. Alan Howarth

The 1998 revision of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 demonstrates this Government's commitment to ensuring that Lottery distributors, including the Arts Council of England, have the power to encourage applications for funding in deprived areas.