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Written Question
National Lottery: Prize Money
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been paid out in total by the National Lottery in prize money through (a) scratch card and instant win games and (b) standard draw prizes in each region since 2010.

Answered by John Whittingdale

The total prize payout by game type and region is not collated.

The total amount that has been paid out in prizes since 2010 is £38,447.5 million and the list below shows how this is broken down each year during that period. This information has been collated from an analysis of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited annual accounts, which are publicly available:

  • 2019/20 - £4,505.0 million

  • 2018/19 - £4,128.5 million

  • 2017/18 - £3,928.4 million

  • 2016/17 - £3,943.2 million

  • 2015/16 - £4,198.9 million

  • 2014/15 - £4,043.0 million

  • 2013/14 - £3,636.6 million

  • 2012/13 - £3,697.6 million

  • 2011/12 - £3,388.6 million

  • 2010/11 - £2,977.7 million


Written Question
Camelot Group: Profits
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the declared profits were of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited in each year since 2010.

Answered by John Whittingdale

The 3rd National Lottery Licence sets out the amount the operator and good causes retain after certain costs (for example, prizes, lottery duty and retailer commission).

Camelot UK Lotteries Limited publish their annual report on their website. Profit for the financial year and total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the Company after tax from 2010/2011 to 2019/2020 is shown below:

  • 2019/20 - £78.1m

  • 2018/19 - £68.0m

  • 2017/18 - £68.4m

  • 2016/17 - £70.5m

  • 2015/16 - £77.5m

  • 2014/15 - £71.0m

  • 2013/14 - £58.5m

  • 2012/13 - £54.6m

  • 2011/12 - £33.3m

  • 2010/11 - £28.6m


Written Question
Camelot Group: Finance
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was allocated to good causes by Camelot UK Lotteries Limited by (a) region and (b) sector in each of those regions in each year since 2010.

Answered by John Whittingdale

The operation of the National Lottery and the distribution of good cause income are two separate processes. As the current operator of the National Lottery, Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has no influence over the distribution of National Lottery good cause income.

All good cause income generated through National Lottery sales is placed into the National Lottery Distribution Fund which is distributed by the 12 National Lottery Distributing Bodies at arms length from the Government. The Lottery Distributing Bodies distribute funding across four good cause areas as set out in legislation, the National Lottery etc Act 1993; communities 40%, arts 20%, heritage 20%, and sport 20%.

There is a publicly available database to access information on distribution of Lottery funding that can be accessed through the Gov.uk website. This website brings together National Lottery grant data from the commencement of the National Lottery in 1994 to January 2018 and allows searches to be made for good cause grants in each region within specific timeframes. Due to technical limitations with the historic database, we have not yet been able to incorporate more recent National Lottery grant data. We are currently developing a new database which will be launched this year and will include data from 2018 onwards.


Written Question
Camelot Group: Advertising
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has spent on advertising (a) scratch card and instant win games and (b) standard draws since 2010.

Answered by John Whittingdale

DCMS does not hold this information. The amount the National Lottery operator spends on advertising is a commercial decision, subject to conditions set out in the licence which specify minimum amounts that must be spent on marketing. For the current year the figure is £72m or 1.07% sales, whichever is higher. Information for further years can be found at Schedule 10, Condition 11, Part 1 of the third licence at the following link: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/NL-licences/NL-Third-licence.pdf


Written Question
Camelot Group: Advertising
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has spent on advertising by region in each year since 2010.

Answered by John Whittingdale

DCMS does not hold this information. The amount the National Lottery operator spends on advertising is a commercial decision, subject to conditions set out in the licence which specify minimum amounts that must be spent on marketing. For the current year the figure is £72m or 1.07% sales, whichever is higher. Information for further years can be found at Schedule 10, Condition 11, Part 1 of the third licence at the following link: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/NL-licences/NL-Third-licence.pdf


Written Question
National Lottery
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) scratch card and instant win games and (b) standard draw National Lottery tickets have been sold in each region in each year since 1994.

Answered by John Whittingdale

We do not hold data on sales by region, and Camelot does not publish sales data by region due to commercial sensitivities.

The table below shows sales data for draw based games (DBGs) and instant win games from 2010/11 to 2019/20. Data prior to this time was not in a readily accessible format. Sales data for instant games is not separated further into scratchcards and online instant win games. This information has been collated from an analysis of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited annual accounts.

DBG (£m)

Instants (£m)

Gross ticket sales (£m)

2019/20

£4,537.1

£3,368.0

£7,905.1

2018/19

£4,081.8

£3,125.0

£7,206.8

2017/18

£4,116.7

£2,835.0

£6,951.7

2016/17

£4,023.2

£2,902.1

£6,925.3

2015/16

£4,642.9

£2,952.3

£7,595.2

2014/15

£4,649.0

£2,628.8

£7,277.8

2013/14

£4,589.8

£2,141.0

£6,730.9

2012/13

£4,915.9

£2,062.0

£6,977.9

2011/12

£4,800.1

£1,725.9

£6,525.9

2010/11

£4,386.3

£1,436.1

£5,822.4

In addition, annual National Lottery sales from 1994/1995 to 2019/2020 are shown below:

1994/1995

£1,190.7m*

1995/1996

£5,217.0m

1996/1997

£4,723.0m

1997/1998

£5,513.7m

1998/1999

£5,207.0m

1999/2000

£5,092.6m

2000/2001

£4,983.3m

2001/2002

£4,834.4m

2002/2003

£4,574.5m

2003/2004

£4,614.6m

2004/2005

£4,766.1m

2005/2006

£5,012.8m

2006/2007

£4,911.4m

2007/2008

£4,966.3m

2008/2009

£5,149.1m

2009/2010

£5,451.8m

2010/2011

£5,822.4m

2011/2012

£6,525.9m

2012/2013

£6,977.9m

2013/2014

£6,730.9m

2014/2015

£7,277.8m

2015/2016

£7,595.2m

2016/2017

£6,925.3m

2017/2018

£6,951.7m

2018/2019

£7,206.8m

2019/2020

£7,905.1m

*As the Lottery began in November 1994, data from 1994/1995 is only for a partial year.


Written Question
Snooker
Tuesday 26th May 2020

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with representatives of snooker organisations; and what the outcome was of those meetings.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

I am having regular discussions with sector and industry bodies to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on sport and how the government can best provide support. This includes a fortnightly meeting with sporting organisations.


Written Question
Rowing
Tuesday 26th May 2020

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of rowing organisations; and what the outcome was of those meetings.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

I am having regular discussions with sector and industry bodies to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on sport and how the government can best provide support. This includes a fortnightly meeting with sporting organisations.


Written Question
Sports: Video Games
Thursday 21st May 2020

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of esports; and what the outcome was of those meetings.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

The government recognises the value of esports which has the potential to develop as an area of real national strength in the UK, building on our world-class video games, entertainment and sports sectors. Esports has also come to the fore during the Covid-19 lockdown, offering entertainment and a way to connect with others.

Ministers have met frequently with the creative industries, including meetings with the Creative Industries Council and weekly roundtable meetings during the current Covid-19 crisis which were attended by organisations such as UKIE that represent businesses in the esports sector. There has also been frequent discussion recently between officials and individual esports businesses and organisations.


Written Question
Darts
Thursday 21st May 2020

Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of darts organisations; and what the outcome was of those meetings.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

I am having regular discussions with sector and industry bodies to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on sport and how the government can best provide support. This includes a fortnightly meeting with sporting organisations including national governing bodies.