HC Deb 16 March 2004 vol 419 c191W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of administering the National Lottery as a proportion of each ticket sold was in 2003–04. [161437]

Estelle Morris

Information for 2003–04 is not yet available. In 2002–03 the operator of the National Lottery retained 6.3 per cent.