To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101712 on National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development, for what reason the £1.8 billion spent by Camelot is not part of the Levelling Up agenda; and whether he has had discussions on that matter with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Answered on
24 January 2022
Camelot, as the current operator of the National Lottery, has no involvement with or responsibility for the distribution of good cause income raised by the National Lottery.
Good cause income is distributed at arm’s length from the government by 12 Lottery Distributing Bodies, to fund projects in the arts, sport and heritage sectors and to support communities and charities across the whole of the United Kingdom.
The Department has ongoing engagement with the Lottery Distributing Bodies on how their funding can continue to support the government's objective of levelling up opportunity across the United Kingdom. The Levelling Up White Paper will give more detail on the government's plans when it is published in due course.