HC Deb 03 March 2003 vol 400 cc808-9W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money has been distributed by the National Lottery in each year since it was established; and if she will make a statement. [99837]

Mr. Caborn

The following table, which is based upon information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the National Lottery awards database, shows how much money has been awarded in each calendar year since 1995.

£
Year Total amount awarded
1995 983,462,994
1996 1,715,239,248
1997 2,380,203,184
1998 1,099,279,154
1999 1,548,634,247
2000 1,242,308,699
2001 1,310,094,043
2002 1,094,087,046

Note:

Although the first National Lottery draw was in November 1994, Lottery award were made from 1995 onwards

Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the take-up of National Lottery grants in the Yeovil constituency since 1997. [99842]

Mr. Caborn

According to the information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the National Lottery awards database, the Yeovil constituency has been awarded a total of £6,974,537 in lottery funding between 1 January 1997 and 31 January 2003.