HL Deb 16 March 2004 vol 659 cc35-6WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish the minutes of any meetings that took place between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery Good Causes about the early introduction of the proposed Olympic Lottery. [HL1741]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Under Exemptions 2 and 14 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, the Department for Culture, Media and

Balance of trade in goods and services between the United Kingdom and (a) the EU, (b) Europe* and (c) the World. 1998–2002
£ million
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Trade in goods ("visible")
Trade in goods with EU -6,293 -8,389 -5,269 -11,675 -20,247
Trade in goods with World other than EU -15,520 -20,662 -27,707 -28,945 -26,208
Trade in goods with Europe -8,258 -13,012 -11,661 -18,569 -28,177
Trade in goods with World other than Europe -13,555 -16,039 -21,315 -22,051 -18,278
Trade in goods with World -21,813 -29,051 -32,976 -40,620 -46,455
Trade in services ("invisible")
Trade in services with EU 455 -1,942 -1,985 -2,015 -4,322
Trade in services with World other than EU 12,854 15,076 15.411 15,015 19,488
Trade in services with Europe 1,487 -657 -1,098 -978 -2,624
Trade in services with World other than Europe 11,822 13,791 14,524 13,978 17,790
Trade in services with World 13.309 13,134 13,426 13,000 15,166

Source:

ONS "Pink Book" 2003.

In the above table, "visible trade" is represented by trade in goods and "invisible trade" is trade in services.

All figures represent the balance of payments in a given year.

* "Europe" refers to the countries in the EU along with all others in continental Europe, including Russia and Turkey.

Sport does not normally publish minutes of meetings that take place between the department and its public bodies. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State did, however, write to the chairs of distribution bodies on 13 February seeking their views on this matter. Several distributors have responded to date and all, bar one, have expressed the view that given the likely impact of the Olympic Lottery games on income to the existing good causes, the games should not be introduced before July 2005.