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Asked by Tonia AntoniazziLabourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 25 July 2024UIN 663

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the funding raised for good causes by (a) the National Lottery and (b) society lotteries in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

The National Lottery has raised over £49 billion for good causes since 1994. In the last five years, over £6 billion of funding and 120,000 grants were delivered by distributor bodies.

The National Lottery grants database which details the allocations made, is publically available at https://nationallottery.dcms.gov.uk/charts.

Data regarding society lottery good causes funding is updated annually by the Gambling Commission. In 2022/23, society lotteries raised £421.72 million for good causes.

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