HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 c30W
9. Mr. Simon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to introduce a distribution of National Lottery funding aimed at tackling social exclusion and regenerating deprived communities. [122085]

Estelle Morris

Since the introduction of the 1998 Lottery Act and changes to policy directions, we have encouraged distributors to focus on areas of social and economic deprivation.