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Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Tracey Crouch
Thursday 4th June 2015
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Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)
The north-east continues to lose out when it comes to lottery funding. What will Ministers do to ensure that there is greater transparency around the national lottery, so that we can keep up the pressure to shift money out of London to the regions?
Tracey Crouch
Since the national lottery was formed, it has raised more than £33 billion for good causes and made more than 450,000 grants across the UK. I will perhaps reassure the hon. Lady by saying that 70% of all grants have been awarded outside London and the south-east.