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Dormant Assets Scheme: Scotland

Asked by Melanie WardLabourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30911

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money released by the Dormant Assets scheme has been allocated to Scotland in each year since the scheme began.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

To date, the Dormant Assets Scheme has unlocked over £1 billion for good causes across the UK. The National Lottery Community Fund distributes all funding between the four nations in the UK. This is done in accordance with the Distribution of Dormant Account Money Order 2011: England receives 83.9%; Scotland 8.4%; Wales 4.9%; and Northern Ireland 2.8%.

To date, £82.7 million has been allocated to Scotland:

2011/12: £4.0 million

2012/13: £4.1 million

2013/14: £7.0 million

2014/15: £4.1 million

2015/16: £3.1 million

2016/17: £7.9 million

2017/18: £12.8 million

2018/19: £6.0 million

2019/20: £5.8 million

2020/21: £7.6 million

2021/22: £4.5 million

2022/23: £7.8 million

2023/24: £8.0 million

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